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Tourist in deadly vacation rental fight asks to leave Hawaii Follow Us Question of the Day     By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press - Thursday, April 15, 2021 HONOLULU (AP) - A Pittsburgh man pleaded not guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the strangulation of a college buddy he was vacationing with in Hawaii. A judge ordered Benjamin Fleming, who has been released on $250,000 bond, not to leave the B...

A judge ordered Benjamin Fleming, who has been released on $250,000 bond, not to leave the Big Island without court permission pending his trial, scheduled for August. Fleming was staying at a Kailua-Kona Airbnb last month with two buddies hes known since college at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Alexander Germany-Wald of Montclair, New Jersey, testified at a preliminary hearing for Fleming last week that their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh, got “psychotically” drunk...

Tensions between friends started at a bar, leading to deadly fight in Kona, detective testifies The trial continued Thursday with new testimony. (Source: Court Recording) By HNN Staff | April 8, 2021 at 6:23 PM HST - Updated April 8 at 6:36 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A deadly fight involving tourists on Hawaii Island may have started when the victim refused to wear a face mask. That’s according to a police detective who testified in court Thursday. The manslaughter case agai...

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHERApril 9, 2021 GMT FILE - In this file photo, provided by Hawaii Police Department, is Benjamin Fleming, of Pittsburgh. Alexander Germany-Wald testified Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at a preliminary hearing for his college buddy, Fleming, who is charged with murder for the strangulation of their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh. (Hawaii Police Department via AP, File) FILE - In this file photo, provided by Hawaii Police Department, is Benjamin Fleming, of Pittsbu...

The Associated Press HONOLULU — There is probable cause to charge a Pittsburgh tourist with manslaughter in the strangulation death of the college buddy he was vacationing with in Hawaii, a judge ruled Thursday. Benjamin Fleming was arrested last month after his first night out on the Hawaii Island with his two college friends ended in a deadly fight. Alexander Germany-Wald of Montclair, N.J., testified at a preliminary hearing for Fleming that their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsbur...

Army veteran charged with manslaughter in friends Hawaii death This file photo, provided by Hawaii Police Department, shows Benjamin Fleming, of Pittsburgh. Fleming is charged with murder for the strangulation of his friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh. HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER | Associated Press | Published: April 9, 2021 HONOLULU — There is probable cause to charge a Pittsburgh tourist with manslaughter in the strangulation death of the college buddy he w...

(AP) — A Hawaiʻi judge ruled there is probable cause to charge a Pittsburgh tourist with manslaughter in the strangulation of the college buddy he was vacationing with. Benjamin Fleming was arrested last month after his first night out on the Big Island with his two college friends ended in a deadly fight. Alexander Germany-Wald of Montclair, New Jersey, testified at a preliminary hearing for Fleming that their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh, got “psychotically” drunk. German...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. HONOLULU — A Hawaii vacation for three tourists from the East Coast turned deadly once one of them became “psychotically” drunk, his friend testified Wednesday. Alexander Germany-Wald of Montclair, N.J., testified at a preliminary hearing for his college buddy, Benjamin Fleming of Pittsburgh, who is charged with murder in the strangulation of their friend, Abhishek Gupta, ...

HONOLULU — A Hawaii vacation for three tourists from the U.S. East Coast turned deadly after one of them became “psychotically” drunk, his friend testified Wednesday. Alexander Germany-Wald, of Montclair, testified at a preliminary hearing for his college buddy, Benjamin Fleming of Pittsburgh, who is charged with murder in the strangulation of their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh. The three men, friends since college at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, were staying at...

(AP) — Police say a tourist from Pittsburgh has been charged with manslaughter after a deadly fight at a Hawaiʻi vacation rental. Big Island police say a second tourist from Boston who had been arrested was released with no charges filed. Police were called to the Kailua-Kona vacation rental earlier this week when a 30-year-old man wasn’t breathing. Benjamin Fleming of Pittsburgh and Alexander Germany-Wald of Boston were arrested. Fleming was later charged while Germany-Wald was released a...