A congressional candidate was arrested for terroristic threatening after allegedly entering a county building with a firearm and having a verbal altercation with employees. The incident followed his removal from a town hall meeting two days earlier.
- Kirill Basin, a 40-year-old congressional candidate, allegedly entered a Wailuku county building while brandishing a firearm on May 29.
- Police implemented partial lockdown procedures and arrested Basin in Kīhei without incident about two hours later.
- The incident followed Basin being escorted from a South Maui town hall meeting by police two days earlier after a verbal altercation.
- Basin was charged with terroristic threatening in the first degree with additional charges pending review.
Source: Maui County
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