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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, February 9, 2002

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

Panel praises police chief

The city Police Commission yesterday issued a glowing performance evaluation for Police Chief Lee Donohue, citing the department's response to the Asian Development Bank conference and his efforts toward getting the police force accredited by a national panel.

The evaluation, which covered the 2001 calendar year, rated Donohue's performance as either "exceeding expectations" or "exemplary" in leadership, managerial skills and communication categories.

Donohue was praised for handling the security issues that followed the Sept. 11 attacks, for the reduction of citizen complaints and for the Honolulu Police Department's accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

He has supervised "firm and fair disciplinary actions" against several police officers, furthered improvements to the police radio system and 911 capabilities and helped establish the Career Center, according to the commission.

Donohue has consistently kept the commissioners fully informed about ongoing problems concerning the operation of the department and other matters relevant to the commission, the evaluation said.

Donohue was sworn in as the eighth chief of police for the Ho-nolulu Police Department on April 20, 1998.


Marines deny robbery charges

Two Marines accused of committing last month's string of armed robberies pleaded not guilty to the charges on Thursday.

Antwain Salters and William H. Linwood IV have been charged in the robberies at Chevron Food Mart at Stadium Mall, a Waipahu 7-Eleven store and Aaxtion Adult Video on Kapi'olani Boulevard.

Bail for each defendant is $100,000. The trial is set for the week of April 8 in Circuit Court.


Homeless man injured in fight

A fight that erupted Thursday night between two homeless men at an Iwilei Road warehouse escalated into an attempted murder case in which one man, 41, remained hospitalized yesterday in guarded condition, police said.

Police were called at 8:30 p.m. after the assailant grabbed a stick and repeatedly hit the victim in the head and torso.

The assailant fled toward the Institute for Human Services homeless shelter and has not been found. The victim was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, police said.


Student accused of taking diamond

A 17-year-old girl was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of robbing a 16-year-old girl of her diamond pendant while they waited for a bus Tuesday.

Police said the teenager forcefully took the pendant from the younger girl, a fellow Kaimuki High School student, and then fled before officers arrived. The girl later was identified and arrested on suspicion of second-degree robbery.


Boy, 10, arrested in school incident

Police arrested a 10-year-old boy on Thursday for assaulting two male school employees on the Wai'anae Elementary School campus.

The fray began about 8 a.m. when the men, ages 48 and 42, had confronted the boy for riding a skateboard on campus.

Police didn't describe the assault but said the law allows a second-degree assault charge in this case even for something as mild as a shove because the attack was aimed at school employees, who have added legal protection.