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Army veteran charged with manslaughter in friend's 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 was vacationing with in Hawaii, a judge ruled Thursday. Benjamin Fleming was arrested last month af...

(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. Germany-Wald says a fistfight ensued until Fleming restrained Gupta. They later realized he wasn’t breat...

TribLIVE's 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, also of Pittsburgh. The three men, friends since college at Carnegie Mellon University, were stayin...

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 a Big Island vacation rental last month when Gupta was asked to leave a bar because he was belliger...

(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 after police conferred with prosecutors. Fleming’s defense attorney asked to postpone his prelimina...