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WAILUKU A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shoplifting from two stores at the Shops at Wailea and from Hi-Tech Surf Sports in Kahului.
Steven Sarol was charged with three counts of second-degree theft and resisting arrest.
Although the prosecution asked for bail to be reduced to $10,000 during Sarol’s initial appearance Wednesday in Wailuku District Court, Judge Blaine Kobayashi kept bail at $15,000 for Sarol.
He was arrested Sunday and charged with the three thefts that occurred April 29. Sarol is charged with stealing merchandise valued at more than $750 each from Sunglass Hut, Gucci and Hi-Tech Surf Sports.
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WAILUKU Bail was increased to $10,000 for a 19-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly pointing a knife at a restaurant worker, then trying to punch a police officer.
James Keliikupakako of Makawao was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, attempted first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and violating public health emergency rules.
He was arrested Saturday evening in the parking lot of Kings BBQ & Chinese Restaurant at 197 N. Market St. in Wailuku.
Police were called after a restaurant employee reported he was working in the business shortly before 6 p.m. when Keliikupakako walked up to him and brandished the knife, pointing it in the employee’s face, according to a declaration filed in court to support the charges. Keliikupakako also was described as aggressively stabbing an aluminum can.
May 3, 2021
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor occurred during the period of March 18 to 24. The listings include the offender’s name, age, residence and charges. First offenders undergo a 14-hour alcohol abuse rehabilitation program, a substance abuse evaluation and a one-year license suspension with the ability to operate a vehicle if qualified for an ignition interlock device.
Wailuku District Court:
Hester Bran Chinchilla, 26, Kahului; DUI; $250 fine, plus fees.
Korren Knapp, 33, Kihei; DUI (two counts), accidents involving bodily injury, inattention to driving; two-day jail term, $2,100 in fines, plus fees, two-year license revocation.
Michael Means, 55, Wailuku; DUI; $250 fine, plus fees, two-year license revocation.
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WAILUKU Bail was increased to $50,000 for a man who allegedly threw a glass bottle at a stranger and assaulted a police officer before he was arrested Tuesday in Paia town.
Ruben Rosado, 31, was charged with second-degree assault, first-degree terroristic threatening, harassment, fourth-degree criminal property damage, first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.
He appeared by videoconference from the courthouse cellblock for his initial appearance Thursday in Wailuku District Court.
In asking for Rosado’s bail to be increased to $100,000, Deputy Prosecutor Joshua Kent detailed the crimes that started shortly before noon Tuesday when Rosado allegedly threw a glass bottle at a random stranger walking on the sidewalk along Baldwin Avenue in an unprovoked attack.
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Jaisen Kahalehau, 44, was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening.
He was arrested after police were called to the Kahului breakwater at about 8 p.m.
The other man told police that Kahalehau challenged him to a fight and ran toward him while holding an 18-inch machete with the blade pointed up, according to a declaration filed in court to support the charge.
Kahalehau was holding the machete when police officers arrived on scene, according to the declaration.
During Kahalehau’s initial appearance by videoconference Tuesday in Wailuku District Court, Deputy Prosecutor Byron Fujieda asked for bail to be increased from $1,000 to $5,000.