Suspect is charged in Makaha assault

Suspect is charged in Makaha assault

A 37-year-old man was charged with shooting another man who had reported he was wounded in the neck by his father with a BB gun Tuesday in Makaha.

Conrado Asuncion Sr. of Makaha was charged Thursday with first-degree terroristic threatening and third-degree assault. He was released after posting $25,000 bail.

Police said a 19-year-old was passing by Asuncion’s home about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday when Asuncion allegedly used a dangerous instrument to injure the teen, who was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Police arrested Asuncion at his Lahaina Street home the following day about 6:40 p.m.

Police radio communications said the teen reported he was injured when his father shot him in the neck with a .22-caliber BB gun.

Paramedics treated the teen near Farrington Highway and Jade Street and took him to the Queen’s Medical Center in stable condition.

Homeless man accused of arson at shop

A 56-year-old homeless man who fire investigators said used an accelerant to start a fire at a Wahiawa auto body shop last week was charged Thursday with first-degree arson.

Bail for Arthur Galvan was set at $100,000.

Galvan was arrested at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Castle Medical Center, where he had been taken for a psychological evaluation.

On Thanksgiving Day, a witness reported seeing Galvan leave the building at the Jetso Auto Center on Palm Street after the fire started at 3:37 p.m.

The building fire resulted in nearly $600,000 damage — $480,000 to the structure, $100,000 to its contents and an additional $10,000 to vehicles located outside the structure on the same property, according to fire officials.

It took eight fire companies with 34 personnel about a half-hour to to extinguish the fire.

2 die in motorcycle crash on Maui

A 31-year-old Wailuku man and a 23-year-old Kahului woman died early Friday morning following a motorcycle crash on Lower Main Street on Maui.

According to police, the two were traveling south on a 1998 Harley-Davidson when the motorcycle struck a raised curb at a bend in the roadway.

The operator, identified as Timothy Herring, and his passenger, Rebekah Booth, were both ejected from the motorcycle and were pronounced dead at the scene.

It is not known yet if speed, drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.

This is Maui County’s 23rd traffic fatality for 2015 as compared to 21 at this time last year.