A 22-year-old Maui man had four guns and ammunition when he barricaded himself in a Kahului home for more than 50 hours last week, Maui police said Monday.
Josiah Okudara pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday morning in Maui Circuit Court. His trial was set for Oct. 24.
He was arrested at 3 p.m. Friday at 191 Opukea Place. Okudara was wanted on outstanding warrants for two counts of attempted murder and promoting dangerous drugs in the second degree. His bail was set at $550,000.
Maui Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Carson Tani said no charges stemming from the standoff with the police last week have yet been filed.
At about 1 p.m. Wednesday, Okudara barricaded himself in the Opukea Place home. Maui police evacuated several nearby homes and about 25 residents, and began negotiating with the suspect.
Two women who were in the house, a 22-year-old Kahului resident and a 23-year-old Hana resident, were arrested for hindering prosecution after they and a young boy left the house Thursday.
Also charged with hindering prosecution was Erath Kaihewalu, 18, who lives in the Opukea Place home. Kaihewalu was in the home with Okudara for the first day of the standoff and left voluntarily Thursday afternoon, police said.
The standoff ended Friday afternoon when Okudara surrendered peacefully. Police said they recovered three semiautomatic rifles, one revolver and ammunition from the house.
Okudara was wanted after being indicted for first-degree attempted murder in the shooting of a 30-year-old man following what witnesses described as a confrontation among several people on Olena Street in Wailuku at about 10:30 p.m. on July 24, 2010.
He was also wanted as a "person of interest" in a car crash that killed 22-year-old Tiare Franco of Haiku on May 14.