Arrestee allegedly set fire to his own home
Police have arrested a 66-year-old Aiea man who suffered burns when he allegedly started the fire that destroyed his Aiea rental cottage a month ago.
Ross Gudgel was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with first-degree arson after he was released from Straub Hospital. His bail was set at $250,000.
Police said witnesses heard a loud explosion on May 31 and saw the cottage at 98-139 Honomanu St. on fire. The Honolulu Fire Department said a good Samaritan helped the suspect, who lived alone in the cottage, climb out of a window. Other bystanders tried to put out the fire with garden hoses, including one man who was treated for smoke inhalation at the scene.
Damage to a larger house next door and the destroyed cottage was estimated at $70,000.
Victim identified as Haleiwa resident
The Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the 48-year-old man who died Friday after being pulled from the waters off Haleiwa as Robert R. Young of Haleiwa.
Young was taken to a hospital where he died.
There were no signs of foul play, police said.
Crash fatality ID’d as Honolulu man
The 68-year-old Honolulu man who died June 18 from injuries received in an auto accident on Sand Island Access Road last month has been identified as Moses Abino Jr.
His death was attributed to complications suffered after he lost control of the car he was driving May 31 and struck two walls on Sand Island Access Road. He was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center where he remained until he died last week.
Lifeguards resuscitate kite surfer, 58
City lifeguards resuscitated a kite surfer who was not breathing Monday afternoon when brought from the water off Kailua.
The 58-year-old man was kite-surfing about 4:55 p.m. Monday when a lifeguard noticed he was having problems in the ocean, said Jim Howe, operations chief for the city Ocean Safety Division. Howe said a person near the man was able to hold the man above water until lifeguards arrived.
Howe said lifeguards revived the man. The man was taken to Castle Medical Center.
