Posted on: Thursday, October 14, 2004
Arrest records of suspects
| • | Driver shot in wild police chase |
By Ken Kobayashi
Advertiser Staff Writer
A man shot by police officers yesterday after allegedly stealing a car already was facing a separate car-theft charge, court records show.
Thomas C. Greene faces a charge of trying to steal a 1993 Honda Accord from a carport in 'Aiea on Sept. 12, according to court documents.
Greene is accused of driving away with the car when the owner heard the car alarm and saw a man later identified as Greene in the driver's seat.
Greene got out of the car and fled, but was arrested later that day in 'Aiea, according to the court file.
On Sept. 30, Greene pleaded not guilty to the theft charge, which carries a prison term of up to five years. Circuit Judge Richard Perkins scheduled the trial for the week of Nov. 29.
A passenger in the car during yesterday's pursuit and shooting, 24-year-old Randy C. Garcia, has been on probation for a forgery.
Garcia admitted arranging for a boy to try to cash a forged check for $300 on June 11, 1999, at American Savings Bank's Pearl City branch, according to the court file.
The check had been reported missing earlier that day by a woman who said she lost her wallet in the Honolulu airport area, according to the file.
Garcia pleaded guilty and was given a chance by a state judge to have the case dropped if he abided by conditions similar to probation. He was later convicted in federal court of possession of meth-amphetamine and trespassing, according to his court file.
He was placed on two years' federal probation for those offenses, the file said.
In 2002, his chance of getting the state forgery case dropped was revoked, and Garcia was placed on five years' probation.
According to a pretrial bail report filed in the forgery case in 1999, Garcia admitted using ice and previously had participated in an outpatient drug program at Tripler Army Medical Center.
