A Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Marine was arrested and charged with a series of crimes after a high-speed chase, according to police officials.
Michelle Yu, a spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department said that Lance Cpl. Sean Michael Shipe was booked for first-degree attempted murder and later charged with first degree terroristic threatening and criminal property damage in the first degree. He was being held on $200,000 bail. The Honolulu prosecutor's office said Shipe he was arraigned on Monday March 2 and was still in state custody.
Shipe is an active-duty landing support specialist attached to Combat Logistics Battalion 3. From Baltimore, he enlisted in October 2011, said 1st Lt. Luke Kuper, a spokesman according to an official with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific Said.
Yu said that on Thursday, Feb. 26, a police officer on a motorcycle was near the Marine Corps Base Hawaii checking for speeding drivers. Shipe drove past the officer "at a high rate of speed," and the officer tried to pull him the driver over.
Instead, Yu said, the motorist sped away from the base and headed toward town, before making a U-turn and heading back to the installation. In the process, Shipe allegedly he hit one of the officers and swerved at another.
The officer sustained minor injuries and the motorcycle was damaged, Yu said.
Shipe was later arrested and charged, she said. Online Hawaii court records show that he was in state custody as of 1:30 p.m. local time on March 2, and his bail wasis set at $200,000.
Local media reported that the incident blocked traffic on the Pali Highway, a major road in the area.
Court records show Shipe twice previously pleaded no contest to street racing charges. Also, in 2012 he was charged with driving 95 mph in a 55 mph zone. At that time, he He pleaded no contest, was fined, received community service, and his license was suspended for 30 days.
Details about Ships military career, including rank and unit, were not immediately available.
