Electricity service was restored Tuesday in Kalaeloa after an outage caused by a transformer and pole fire.

Honolulu fire officials said the utility pole fire was reported at about 12:30 a.m. at Nassau Street and Bougainville Avenue. Firefighters had to wait several hours while Navy contractors shut down the power lines.

The fire was extinguished at 4:03 a.m.

Homeless man charged in car theft

Authorities have charged a 32-year-old homeless man who allegedly tried to evade police after he was stopped in Kunia driving a car that was reported stolen.

Pekelo Sanchez was charged Monday with car theft. His bail was set at $35,000.

Officers stopped Sanchez at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Kunia Walmart because of traffic violations. However, he fled, crashed the car in a Kunia field and ran away, police said. He was caught several hours later on Kunia Road, and police found out the car had been reported stolen.