A Democratic congressional candidate has been arrested for a third time this year after a beach argument over loud music escalated into threats of gun violence, a knife brandished in front of bystanders, and a single punch that knocked him unconscious.
Kirill Basin, 40, was taken into custody on Saturday 1 August 2026 following a violent confrontation at Keawakapu Beach in South Kīhei. He faces two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening and is being held on £790,000 ($1 million) bail. The arrest is his third since May, following two earlier incidents involving a firearm and repeated restraining order petitions from local officials.
