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Posted: Thursday, October 30th, 2008 4:50 AM HST

Man charged in Ka'u murder attempt

By 67AM KPUA News

Detectives from the Hawaii Police Department have charged a man with two offenses in connection with an attempted murder investigation in Ka'u. Anthony Hartz, 34, of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates was charged shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday (October 29) with one count of second-degree attempted murder and one count of first-degree terroristic threatening. He remains in custody at the Kona police cellblock in lieu of $55,000 bail. Yvette Monique Maez, 28, of Kealakekua, who was arrested Monday, was released Wednesday pending further investigation. The victim, 33-year-old Isaac Couchie of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, remains at The Queens Medical Center on Oahu in stable condition.