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Former College Swimmer Charged in Killing of Maui Security Guard

Prosecutors are seeking enhanced mandatory-minimum penalties as the defendant is held without bail ahead of a Wailuku preliminary hearing.

Overview

  • Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators shows a naked man entering a Sands of Kahana security office and allegedly striking 63-year-old guard Michael Dyer with a 5-gallon water bottle on Aug. 5.
  • Dyer was found unresponsive at the condominium and pronounced dead at the scene after the early-morning attack.
  • Officers later located a naked man with abrasions in the Kahana neighborhood, took him to Maui Memorial Medical Center for evaluation, and identified him through footage as the person captured in the attack.
  • Legend Storer, 20, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and indecent exposure, is being held without bail, and faces a preliminary hearing in Wailuku.
  • Prosecutors are pursuing an enhanced mandatory-minimum sentence under Hawaii law for crimes that cause the death of an elderly victim; authorities have not released a motive and the investigation and pretrial process are ongoing.