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Kauai Police Use Taser On Man After 5-Hour Stand-Off

Police Say Armed Kilauea Man Barricaded Himself In Police Car

POSTED: 10:28 am HST September 22, 2008
UPDATED: 9:10 am HST September 23, 2008

Kauai police officers use a Taser to restrain a 27-year-old Kilauea man who barricaded himself in a home for five hours on Monday morning.

It began at about 5:15 a.m. at a home at 4149 Kilauea Road when police received a call about a domestic dispute. When officers arrived, they found Kaleo Lovell Martin with a weapon. The man refused to hand over the weapon he was carrying, officials said.

"Officers required him to back off from the scene and Mr. Martin at this point does not want to relinquish that weapon," Capt. Alejandre Quibilan said.

Police believed that weapon was a machete.

"Sometime last night, early this morning, he acquired one of our patrol vehicles. So he was able to get on the police radio," Quibilan said.

Martin used the police radio to communicate with police negotiators. Police described Martin as irrational and incoherent.

He asked to speak to Kauai's mayor.

"Although he's communicating, we can't make him seem to understand the situation right now," Quibilan said.

Police escorted the family involved to safety.

Police evacuated nearby residences and closed part of Kilauea Road between Kilauea and Keneke roads near Kong Long Store, county officials said.

School officials closed Kauai Christian Academy, which is nearby the home.

At 10:28 a.m., the man approached police and officers used the Taser to subdue him, according to a statement by county officials.

Police took the man into custody. Officers then took the man to Wilcox Memorial Hospital for a medical evaluation. They expect to take him to the police cellblock after that.

Kauai police charged Martin with nine counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, one count of family abuse, two counts of first-degree criminal property damage, one count of second-degree criminal property damage and one count of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle.

Records show Martin had a temporary restraining order filed against him. He also filed on against the same person.

His previous convictions include family abuse and assault.

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