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Man charged in warehouse break-in

Police have charged a 29-year-old man in a break-in early Thursday at the warehouse used by 'Ewa Villages Non-Profit Development Corp., the company responsible for the 'Ewa Villages Revitalization Project to refurbish plantation homes.

Chance Wykes, who has no local address, was arrested after the break-in, reported at 1:26 a.m. at 91-1201D Renton Road.

An alarm was set off, and the alarm service notified police and 'Ewa Villages personnel, who then opened the warehouse for responding officers.

Police found Wykes hiding in the warehouse, as well as signs of forced entry. The door of a vehicle parked inside the warehouse was open and its stereo was missing, police said, adding that the stereo and other items were stacked by the entry point.

Wykes was charged with second-degree burglary and the auto break-in and is being held in lieu of $11,000 bail.

Man arrested in threat case

Police are investigating a case of terroristic threatening Thursday night in Pearl City that started with an argument over a statement made on a CB radio and ended with a dog bite.

A 47-year-old man and his dog were in a car at 850 Kamehameha Highway at about 8:50 p.m., police said, when another man allegedly threatened him with scissors. Police said the second man, also 47, was angry about something the first man said over the radio. When the suspect tried to pull the first man from the car, the dog bit the suspect on the nose, police said.