A 31-year-old man with a substantial criminal history has been charged with multiple crimes after allegedly taking police on a chase Tuesday over the Pali, to Waimanalo and then toward Kaneohe.
Scott Van Lee is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail. He is expected to make his first appearance in Circuit Court on Monday. Lee was charged Wednesday night with second-degree forgery, second-degree identity theft, unauthorized control of personal information and second-degree theft. Additionally, he was charged Thursday morning with possessing drug paraphernalia, resisting an order to stop, promoting a dangerous drug and first-degree burglary.
Police said that Lee had been wanted on a $30,000 contempt warrant and for allegedly forging a check last month. Crime Reduction Unit officers spotted him driving a van in Manoa at about 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Police vehicles and a police helicopter followed the van as it took Makiki back roads before it continued onto Pali Highway in Nuuanu. Officers were unable to stop him, and a chase ensued that took them to Waimanalo and then into Kailua, police said.
The chase ended about a half-hour later on Kamehameha Highway in front of Hawaii Pacific University’s Windward campus when the van gave out, police said. Lee attempted to run but was captured by officers, some of whom were taking part in a traffic safety sign-waving event in front of the campus, police said.
A female passenger, 20, in the car was arrested but later released.
On Jan. 26 Lee was arrested at a Kualoa home on armed robbery and burglary charges. A standoff with police SWAT officers shut down Kamehameha Highway for three hours before he surrendered peacefully.
Previously, he had been imprisoned for 10 years after being found guilty on a variety of charges including burglary, auto theft and escape, according to state court records.
