Pair charged in attempted home invasion
Two people detained by their victims during a botched home invasion on Date Street have been charged with robbery and kidnapping, police said.
Meleana Toilolo, 25, and Solomon Kaleimamahu, 35, face seven counts each of first-degree robbery and kidnapping. They were charged Sunday. Bail was set at $20,000 for Toilolo, of Kaimuki, and $40,000 for Kaleimamahu, who did not give police an address.
The two remained at Oahu Community Correctional Center on Tuesday unable to post bail.
Police said the pair entered the home at about 1 a.m. Saturday and demanded property. Seven people inside detained the duo until officers arrived, police said.
Mike Werdien, 23, who lives at the 2620 Date St. home, across from Laau Street, said the pair covered their faces with bandannas and carried a bat and a piece of lumber. He and his friends initially thought the intrusion was a joke, but eventually pounced on the robbers and stripped them of their weapons.
He said no one in the house knew the suspects.
"At the end, when we were holding them down, they were like, ‘Just let us go. We got the wrong house,’" he said on Saturday. "We were kind of dumbfounded."
Waimanalo structure destroyed in blaze
Fire destroyed a small shelter and caused $35,000 in damage early Tuesday in Waimanalo, firefighters said.
A caller reported the fire in the 41-900 block of Mahiku Place at about 1 a.m., said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins.
One person lived in the 600-square-foot, makeshift structure on agricultural land, but no one was home at the time, Jenkins said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 1:56 a.m.
Damage included $30,000 to the structure and $5,000 to the contents. No other buildings were damaged. The cause is under investigation.
Man accused of threats against women
A 76-year-old Wahiawa man was charged Monday with threatening two women ages 79 and 82.
Salvador P. Baltazar threatened the women with a dangerous instrument at his Rose Street home at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Officers arrested him at the scene.
Baltazar was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening and abuse of a family or household member. His bail was set at $40,000.
