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Posted at 11:30 a.m., Friday, July 9, 2004

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

Man, 45, found floating dead

A 45-year-old man was pronounced dead after being found floating face-down near the mouth of Nu'uanu Stream yesterday afternoon.

Police have classified the case as an unattended death and said no foul play is suspected. An autopsy will be done.

Witnesses said they saw the man swimming in the stream near the Hotel Street bridge shortly after 5:30 p.m. But a short while later, the man was unconscious, police said.

Clarence Engoring was crabbing with a friend when he saw the man in the water.

"He wasn't struggling. He wasn't panicking or anything. He was just floating," Engoring said. "The next thing I know he was face-down."

The man was pulled from the water and taken to Kuakini Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Nu'uanu man to be arraigned

A 76-year-old Nu'uanu man was charged yesterday with second-degree reckless endangering for allegedly driving his car at another man Wednesday night on Kama'aina Drive in Dowsett Highlands.

Daniel David Lee was released after posting $500 bail. Lee will be arraigned Tuesday at District Court.

Lee is accused of driving his car at a 34-year-old man at 10:30 p.m. The victim was not injured. Lee's car had earlier struck the man's Great Dane, causing the minor injury to the dog, police said.

Autopsy slated in death of man

LIHU'E, Kaua'i — An autopsy is scheduled today for a man found dead Wednesday near the shore between Kealia and Anahola.

The victim was identified as Charles McConnell, 29, whose last known address was in Kapa'a, but whom police believe to have been homeless at the time of his death.

He was found lying on the ground near a vehicle in an area surfers call Crack 14, just north of the Kealia area.

Police initially said there was no indication of foul play.