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Posted on: Friday, February 15, 2002

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

Man beaten at harbor dies

The victim in a Jan. 28 beating at Ke'ehi Boat Harbor has died, and prosecutors are expected to seek indictment of the suspect on a murder charge.

John Frisch, 41, was arraigned Jan. 31 on an attempted-murder charge in connection with the beating of 49-year-old Richard Carl Lamb. Lamb was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he died at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday. Lamb had no local address, said chief medical examiner Susan Siu.

The night of the beating, Frisch and Lamb began arguing about 5:30 p.m. in the harbor parking lot. The fight escalated until Frisch allegedly held the victim down, punched him and struck his head against the pavement, police said.

He fled and was arrested about 7 p.m. aboard a boat in the harbor, police said.

Civilian's death investigated

Military police opened an investigation into the death of man whose body was found yesterday near Tripler Army Medical Center.

The man, a civilian, was found about 3 p.m. lying next to a truck near the hospital, said Army spokeswoman Amy Alie.

Four employees of a local civilian contractor found the body. The man, who is believed to be the driver of the truck, suffered severe injury to the right side of his head.

The employees called 911 and military police, and the Army Criminal Investigation Division responded. Law enforcement officers at the scene reported no witnesses. The body was taken to the city's medical examiner. The cause of death was not released.

DUI checkpoints set for weekend

The Honolulu Police Department will be conducting impaired-driver checkpoints during the upcoming Presidents Day three-day holiday weekend.

The roadblocks will be set up at unannounced times and locations from today through Tuesday.

As of yesterday morning, 12 people had died on O'ahu this year as the result of traffic collisions, compared with four traffic-related deaths during the same period last year. Two of the fatalities this year have been determined to be alcohol-related. Speed was determined to be a factor in four of this year's fatalities.