Man indicted again in Pearl City shooting

A 35-year-old Air Force sergeant was re-indicted by an Oahu grand jury Wednesday on charges of attempted murder for an alleged shooting outside a Pearl City strip club three years ago.

The grand jury returned indictments against Air Force Tech. Sgt. Claude Custard of Ewa Beach on two counts of attempted second-degree murder and three firearm violations in connection with an early morning shooting on Dec. 3, 2011. He was re-arrested Wednesday, and his bail was set at $1 million.

Police said Custard argued with a 24-year-old man in the Princess Palace strip club at the Pearl City Business Plaza and that the dispute continued in the parking lot at 803 Kamehameha Highway.

Custard allegedly fired a handgun as one of the two men drove off, striking one man multiple times and critically injuring him. Custard then fired at the second man and missed him, police said.

Custard is an electrician with the 647th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, a Navy spokeswoman said.

Delays in taking the case to trial prompted Circuit Judge Randal Lee to dismiss the case July 3. However, prosecutors refiled the charges, and the case was presented to the grand jury Wednesday.

Longs Drugs store robbed in Waipahu

For the second time in two weeks, a Longs Drugs store has been robbed by armed men.

Police are searching for two men who robbed the Longs Drugs store in Waipahu Town Center at 3:40 a.m. Thursday on Farrington Highway.

On July 1, Longs Drugs in the Manoa Marketplace was robbed just before closing time at midnight.

No arrests have been made in either case.