Posted at 1:37 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Police Beat
Advertiser Staff
Man struck by car upgradedA 58-year-old man critically injured when struck by a car Thursday on the H-1 Freeway near Waikele was upgraded today to guarded condition at The Queen's Medical Center.
However, a 78-year-old man injured March 10 when his car collided with a city bus on North School Street remains in critical condition at Queen's.
Boy, 17, arrested after alleged threat
A 17-year-old boy arrested Friday on suspicion of robbing another youth was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening the complainant, 15, with harm if he testified against him.
The older boy was arrested for intimidating a witness and second-degree terroristic threatening.
Purse-snatching suspect caught
A man chased down by witnesses after attempting to steal a woman's purse last night was arrested by police on suspicion of second-degree robbery.
The incident on the 1900 block of Ala Moana was reported at 9:55 p.m. Police said the 41-year-old man, who has no permanent local address, allegedly approached a 21-year-old woman from the rear and grabbed her purse. The strap of the purse, however, got caught on the woman's bracelet, causing her to fall as the man attempted to flee.
Witnesses pursued the man and held him for police.