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Updated at 7:56 p.m., Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Big Island fugitive arrested in Waianae

Advertiser Staff

Honolulu police today arrested an O'ahu man wanted on the Big Island on suspicion of attempted murder.

Fred Silva III, 48, was arrested on a warrant charging him with allegedly beating a Puna man unconscious with a rubber mallet and baseball bat on Nov. 25.

The victim provided police with a partial description of his attacker, whom police identified as Silva, recently released from prison after serving a 20-year term on a 1986 manslaughter conviction.

Big Island authorities plan to fly to O'ahu to bring Silva back.