Man charged in home invasion robbery
A 26-year-old man is being held on $136,080 bail after being charged for his alleged role in a home invasion robbery by men impersonating police officers last month in Aiea.
Authorities charged James K. Kaleopaa Jr., who gave no local address, with five counts of first-degree robbery, five counts of kidnapping, burglary, six firearms violations, and impersonating a law enforcement officer. He was also charged with contempt of court for an earlier incident, which added $80 to his bail.
Police arrested Kaleopaa at 11:15 a.m. Friday in Waipahu. He is expected to make his initial appearance today in Honolulu District Court.
Police say the home invasion robbery happened shortly after midnight Aug. 22, when four men with badges and a black pistol walked up to two men in a driveway, said they were police and told the men to get on the ground, police said. The robbers then went through the front door of the home and ordered five people in a back bedroom playing video games to the living room, where they told them to empty their pockets.
The robbers took their property and fled in a white pickup truck. Three other robbers remain at large.
Kaleopaa has four convictions for misdemeanors or petty misdemeanors in Hawaii, dating back to 2008, according to the state criminal database. His convictions include harassment, contempt of court, and littering.
Victim of apparent drowning in Maili ID’d
The Honolulu Medical Examiner identified a man whose body was found in waters off Maili Saturday as Heber Moulton, 32, of Honolulu.
Honolulu Fire Department rescue personnel found Moulton’s body Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A cause of death is pending an autopsy today.
Mo-ped operator critically injured in crash
A 65-year-old Lahaina man was injured after he lost control of his mo-ped and crashed into a palm tree in Lahaina on Sunday afternoon, Maui police said.
The accident happened at 4:10 p.m. on Lower Honoapiilani Road near Hale Malia Place. The man was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition, police said. He was not wearing a helmet.
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Pickup driver, 33, killed in accident
Speed and alcohol were apparent factors in the crash of a pickup truck that killed a Mountain View man during the weekend, Hawaii County police said.
John Alvarez, 33, lost control of his 1988 Nissan truck on Ohia Avenue in Mountain View and struck a tree on the left side of the road about 4:25 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Alvarez, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the truck. He died at 7:50 that morning at Hilo Medical Center. An autopsy has been scheduled.
The crash happened on a private road and will not be counted toward the county’s official traffic fatality count, police said.
