Anthony G. Pearce II, was ticketed by police three times in the past 19 months by police for driving without a license, was convicted of the offense two times and is awaiting a court appearance in the third case, the records show.

Pearce was given the third ticket on Sept. 24, just five days before the incident with Nakamura, which left the former police chief with two broken legs.

Nakamura is recovering from surgery and was listed in serious condition today at The Queen's Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Sept. 24 was also the same day that Pearce appeared in District Court in Honolulu on a previous driving-without-a-license ticket he was given on Jan. 13 of this year. Pearce was ordered to pay a fine and court fees amounting to $177.

In addition to a $75 fine, Pearce was ordered to pay $50 in court costs, $25 to the criminal injury compensation fund, $20 in administrative fees and $7 for a driver's education class.

The first of the citations was issued to Pearce on March 8, 2003, and he appeared in Wahiawa District Court on March 8, 2003, where he was ordered to pay fines and fees of $127.

Pearce is scheduled to appear in Wahiawa District Court on Oct. 26 to answer to the driving without a license citation he was given Sept. 24.

Pearce was arrested for investigation of failure to render aid, driving without a license and unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle but was released without charges following the collision with Nakamura.

Pearce could not be reached to comment.

Nakamura, 57, who uses a scooter-type wheelchair because of a degenerative nerve disease, had left the Mililani Town Center and was crossing Lanikuhana Avenue at Lanipa'a Street about 4:30 p.m. Witnesses told police a car hit him as it pulled out of the shopping center onto Lanikuhana.

The driver left the scene, but later turned himself in to security guards at the town center.