KIHEI, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Maui Police arrested a man for criminal property damage and terroristic threatening after an incident at Kamaole Beach Park III on Monday.

On Aug. 15, around 5:37 p.m., officers responded to Kamaole Beach Park III after a family of five, visiting from Massachusetts, reported that a man had been harassing them earlier that day.

The unknown suspect, later identified as Haiku resident Keaka Paleka, 35, had approached the family again while they were loading their belongings into their car. Paleka had been trying to start a chainsaw.

The family reported that as they were reversing their SUV, Paleka struck the side passenger door multiple times with the running chainsaw. The family left the parking lot to contact the police, and reported that Paleka left the parking lot in a 2018 Toyota 4-Runner.

Shortly after, police located Paleka at the Kihei Boat Ramp. He was arrested for First Degree Criminal Property Damage and First Degree Terroristic Threatening.

His bail was set at $27,000. Paleka was later transported to the Wailuku Police Station.

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Kathryn spent the last decade in the Bay Area working in nonprofits, education, and communications consulting. She has a B.A. in English from St. Mary's College of CA and an M.A. in Public Affairs and Politics from the University of San Francisco.

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