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Updated at 7:03 a.m., Friday, August 31, 2007

Australian man charged with Pawaa assault, burglary

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

Prosecutors last night charged an Australian man in connection with Wednesday's early morning alleged assault of a man and apartment break-in on Pawa'a Lane.

Daniel Fleming, 25, is accused of punching a man, 52, on the side of the head for no apparent reason and later entering an apartment where a woman, 61, and boy, 13, were asleep by breaking the living room window. The two occupants of the apartment locked themselves in a bathroom to get away from

Fleming, who tried to break down the bathroom door, according to police.

Police responding to the scene allegedly saw Fleming leaving the apartment but he ignored orders to stop and allegedly told police to kill him. He went back into the unit but was arrested at 1:48 a.m. while attempting to flee through a rear bedroom window.

Fleming was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree burglary. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail pending an initial appearance today at District Court.