Posted at 5:47 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2007
Man accused of assaulting police officer in Haleiwa
Advertiser Staff
Prosecutors today charged a 44-year-old man with punching a police officer yesterday in Hale'iwa.Derek J.K. Pelekai, a felon with two prior convictions and no permanent local address, was charged with first-degree assault on a police officer but was released pending further investigation for a second-degree robbery count.
His bail on the assault charge is $35,000.
Pelekai allegedly struck and scratched a male officer, 42, who responded to a robbery complaint yesterday at 66-135 Kamehameha Hwy.
In an unrelated case, a 21-year-old Honokai Hale man arrested yesterday in Kailua for allegedly assaulting a police officer trying to break up a brawl on Hekili Street was released today pending further investigation.
