Posted at 11:39 a.m., Thursday, February 12, 2004
Police Beat
Advertiser Staff
Man charged with aiming gunA 39-year-old Wai'anae man was charged yesterday with three counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, unauthorized entry into
a motor vehicle and third-degree assault for allegedly pointing a rifle at three people, including the boyfriend of his estranged wife,.
Russell A. Medeiros, 39, is being held in lieu of $50,000 total bail.
According to a police report filed at District Court, Medeiros allegedly confronted his wife, from whom he has been separated for two years; her boyfriend and two other men Jan. 31 in a parked car in Makaha.
He reached into the car and punched the boyfriend, and then another man who tried to intervene, the report said.
Medeiros then took out a hunting rifle and pointed it at his wife’s car as it sped off, and then at the two other men left behind.
He agreed to surrender to police Tuesday at his home.
Teens sought in jewelry theft
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy in 'Ewa Beach and are looking for three other teenage boys in connection with yesterday’s armed robbery of a Salt Lake jewelry store.
The robbery at LG Creations was reported at 12:45 p.m.
The youths confronted the store owner and his wife, both 38, and took an undisclosed amount of Hawaiian gold jewelry from the display case. One of the youths was carrying a pistol.
Police received a description and license number of the getaway car. The green Honda was found in 'Ewa Beach, and police arrested the 16-year-old driver, who was identified by the victims. The boy was booked and released pending further investigation.