Three men indicted on charges stemming from Wahiawa shootout

An Oahu grand jury today charged three men with crimes in connection with an alleged failed home-invasion robbery and resulting shootout last month in Wahiawa.

The indictment charges Shane Flores, Floyd Orsborn and Robert Logsdon with attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, burglary and firearm charges.

Police arrested them following the March 30 shootout at a Kilea Place home but later released them without charges pending investigation. Two of them were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, one in critical condition the other in stable.

One of the Kilea Place residents was also shot in the foot during the exchange.

Blaze scorches fallow fields in Kunia

Wind drove a brush fire that blackened 30 acres of fallow agricultural fields yesterday in Kunia, but did not threaten any structures, said fire Capt. Terry Seelig.

The Honolulu Fire Department responded to the 3:07 p.m. alarm with 80 firefighters, 12 engines, six tankers, a helicopter, an aircraft tender and three battalion chiefs.

The area is on the west side of Kunia Road, near agricultural fields across from the Kunia Country Club, Seelig said.

Firefighters had the blaze contained at 8 p.m., but continued to put out smoldering areas for about an hour.

Seelig said the helicopter made a big difference by providing aerial direction in fighting the fire, as well as making water drops.

Brush fire doused near Kekaha mill

Kauai firefighters contained a 5-acre brush fire in 2 1/2 hours yesterday across from the old Kekaha Sugar Mill.

No one was injured and no structures were threatened, the Kauai Fire Department reported.

The fire began at about 10:30 a.m., and about 15 firefighters brought it under control by 1 p.m.

A public works crew from the Kekaha Landfill and Gay and Robinson workers cut firebreaks with bulldozers.

Building and tents burn at Kauai fair

Fire struck at the Kauai Products Fair on Tuesday night, destroying a wooden building and two tents.

The Red Dirt Shirt building and two other tents received substantial damage, Kauai County officials said.

The fire was reported at about 11:20 p.m., and was brought under control at 11:40 p.m.

Damage to the structures and their contents was estimated at $380,000.

No one was injured in the fire.

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause and origin of the fire.

Police seek suspect in Ross burglary

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who climbed through the ceiling panel to burglarize the Ross Dress for Less store at 333 Ward Ave.

The man is described as heavy-set, with a tattoo on his lower back. He was last seen wearing a dark, hooded jacket and dark pants.

The man entered the store about 7:55 p.m. Feb. 21, hid in a stock room, and waited for employees to leave for the night.

He disabled the alarm system, but was captured on surveillance video entering the office from the ceiling panel.

The man emptied the safe and ran out the emergency exit.

Man charged in wife-menacing case

Prosecutors charged a 38-year-old Mililani man yesterday for allegedly threatening his wife with a shotgun, rifle and hunting knife Tuesday.

Wayne Naholowaa was charged with three counts of first-degree terroristic threatening. Bail was set at $100,000.

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Fatal fight over beer nets 20 years

PAHOA, Big Island » A Pahoa man convicted of killing another man in a dispute over cheap beer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A jury convicted Robert Grant of manslaughter in December in the death of 47-year-old Daniel Martina.

Hilo Circuit Judge Glenn Hara sentenced Grant on Monday, citing the 37-year-old's lengthy history of intoxication and violence.

Grant has said Martina tried to punch him after Grant gave several others a Natural Ice beer, but didn't make the same offer to Martina in a parking lot in November 2008. Grant testified that he kicked Martina to get away from him.

A witness said the impact of Martina's head striking the asphalt sounded like a coconut hitting a rock. Martina died six days later of a brain injury caused by a fractured skull.