Gedan, 72, a former U.S. magistrate for the district of Hawai'i, said the man pointed a semi-automatic pistol at him and ordered him into the bedroom, where Gedan found his wife Francine bound and sitting upright on their bed.

"He said 'I'm here to take your car and if you make one fast move or resist I'm going to kill you,'" said Gedan, speaking by telephone from his home on Round Top Drive this morning. "I was stunned."

In the bedroom, the 23-year-old bound Gedan's hands and feet with scotch tape sat him next to his wife.

The man then took some money from Francine Gedan's purse, disabled two phone lines and two mobile phones before turning off the lights and leaving the house.

In the driveway, the 23-year-old ran into the Gedan's housekeeper, Pattie Dennam, who asked the man who he was. The man pointed the gun at Dennam and took her into the Gedan's den where he bound her hands and feet with tape before fleeing in the Jaguar.

Dennam was able to quickly free herself and helped untie the Gedans.

Once Joseph Gedan searched his home to make sure the man was gone he called 911.

The 23-year-old was stopped by police and arrested at the bottom of Round Top Drive.