{"id":264543,"date":"2026-05-09T07:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264543\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:51:07","slug":"2-hawaii-men-arrested-in-florida-for-alleged-burglary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264543\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Hawaii men arrested in Florida for alleged burglary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A Hawaii musician and another former Hawaii resident are being held without bail in a Florida jail for an alleged burglary last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/sarasotanewsleader.com\/las-vegas-connection-indicated-between-suspects-and-victim-in-late-night-burglary-within-talon-preserve-community-of-nokomis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/sarasotanewsleader.com\/las-vegas-connection-indicated-between-suspects-and-victim-in-late-night-burglary-within-talon-preserve-community-of-nokomis\/\">the Sarasota News Leader reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On April 25, at around 11:48 p.m., Sarasota County sheriffs were called to a home after a reported shooting. An air unit followed a subject and entered a vehicle. Deputies later stopped and detained two men for further questioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kalaninuiwahikamoku Kekawa, 42, was charged with armed burglary, aggravated battery and firing a weapon into a dwelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hawaii musician Mahikumakani D. Crabbe, 36, was charged with a felony count of accessory after the fact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court documents said Crabbe was the alleged getaway driver for Kekawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sheriffs said Kekawa confessed he was trying to steal money for his family, and shot at the homeowner\u2019s door when he heard the break-in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The county sheriff\u2019s probable cause affidavit states Kekawa told law enforcement during a post-Miranda rights interview that he told Crabbe to drop him off in the area and return in one hour to pick him up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials said the homeowner displayed numerous cuts and wounds on his arms, abdomen, and legs. He told law enforcement the wounds were caused by rounds that went through the sliding glass door as the subject fired at him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Both men pleaded not guilty to their respective charges.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Hawaii News Now. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; A Hawaii musician and another former Hawaii resident are being held without bail in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-264543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}