Pair robbed at gunpoint by 2 masked men
Two men wearing ski masks and dressed in dark clothing forced their way into a St. Louis Heights home and robbed two occupants early Monday morning.
One of the men, armed with a handgun, demanded money from the two male occupants, ages 27 and 19, at about 3:36 a.m.
After taking cash and personal items, the two suspects fled the scene, police said. The two victims were not injured, police said.
One of the suspects was described as about 6 feet 1 inches tall and weighing about 220 pounds. The other was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 170 pounds.
Firefighters cool off too-hot coffee roaster
An overheating coffee roaster kept fire department crews busy Monday morning.
Firefighters from the Waiakamilo station responded within minutes to the Lion Coffee roasting facility in Kalihi, which is just around the corner on Kalani Street.
They found workers trying to cool down the roasting machine with garden hoses just before 3 a.m., said fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
Crews turned hoses on the machine, which had overheated and was glowing because of a fire within the roaster, Seelig said.
It took a while to cool down the machine so it could be opened, Seelig said. Once the machine was opened, firefighters removed smoldering debris.
The fire was reported extinguished at 4:15 a.m. There were no injuries.
Teen joyriding suspects arrested, released
Two teenage boys were arrested in Waimanalo early Monday morning after allegedly joyriding in a stolen vehicle.
Police said a patrol officer noticed the vehicle that was recently reported stolen from the Waimanalo area and stopped it. The two suspects, both 14, were arrested on suspicion of breaking into the vehicle and driving off in it.
They were later released pending investigation.
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Driver killed when his car hits utility pole
A Kilauea man was killed early Monday morning in a one-car crash on Kuhio Highway near the Coconut Marketplace in Wailua, Kauai police said. Officials identified him as Bruce Perdue, 23.
Perdue was traveling north on Kuhio Highway about 2:30 a.m. when his gray Hyundai sedan hit a utility pole along the northbound shoulder, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kuhio Highway was closed until about 8:07 a.m. while police conducted an investigation and utility crews replaced the downed pole, which was blocking the highway.
It was the third traffic fatality on Kauai this year.
Cause of blaze near apartments still unknown
A brush fire scorched about an acre behind the Luana Gardens apartments in Kahului Sunday night, a Maui County spokesman said.
Firefighters arrived at 10:37 p.m. and had the fire under control by 11:15 p.m. It was not immediately determined what caused the fire.
