Ex-boyfriend held in threats
A 23-year-old man was being held Saturday in lieu of $150,000 bail on charges of terroristic threatening and kidnapping for threatening his ex-girlfriend with a "dangerous instrument," police said. He was also charged with burglary and unauthorized entry into a vehicle.
On three occasions last month, police said, the man threatened to kill the 40-year-old woman, and also entered her home and struck her as she sat in her vehicle, police said.
Police arrested the suspect Thursday in Waianae and charged him Friday night.
Windsurfer in trouble is found
Maui fire rescue personnel assisted a 60-year-old windsurfer at sea Saturday when the mast on his board broke.
The man was reported missing by his wife at about 6 p.m.
Firefighters from the Kahului Fire Station and a Maui Fire Department helicopter searched waters off Kanaha Beach Park for a half-hour before finding the missing man, who was floating on his board between the waste water treatment plant and the Maui Electric power plant.
The man, who was not injured, was airlifted to safety and his equipment was brought to shore by a rescue watercraft.
Argument leads to arrest
Police arrested a 50-year-old Pearl City woman Friday after she allegedly rammed her vehicle into another vehicle during an argument.
According to police, the suspect was arguing with a 42-year-old man outside her residence when she rammed his vehicle with hers. She was arrested on suspicion of first-degree criminal property damage.
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Family fears for man’s safety
The family of a missing 22-year-old man say they fear he, like his slain pregnant girlfriend, may have been the victim of violence.
Tom and Kathy Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, the parents of Boaz "Bo" Johnson, say they believe he’s been unfairly portrayed by the police as a suspect in her killing, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports.
The Johnsons say their last contact with their son was by phone on May 27, the day before the body of his girlfriend, Brittany-Jane Royal, 25, was found caught up in a line of a fishing boat off the lower Puna coast.
They and another son, Mark, are on Hawaii island, where they said they hope to find Bo Johnson alive or get answers about what happened to him. Police say the couple was camping near the entry to the lava viewing area in Kalapana, not far from where Royal’s body was found.
Missing-divers search called off
The Kauai Fire Department called off a search for a pair a divers reported missing Friday after all known divers were accounted for in the area.
Kauai Police Dispatch sent out a call to the fire department at 3:23 p.m. regarding two scuba divers who appeared to be in distress about a quarter of a mile off Whaler’s Cove in Poipu. The call came from a bystander on land, who said the two were part of a group but appeared to be the only divers having difficulty.
When the search ended at 4:49 p.m., two fire engines, two rescue vehicles, a helicopter, personal watercraft and a Coast Guard vessel were involved, the Garden Island reported.
