A man who prosecutors say has terrorized a Windward O'ahu community for more than 10 years was indicted by an O'ahu grand jury yesterday on two counts of terroristic threatening.

David R. Domingues, 38, is accused of threatening two neighbors in their 'Ahuimanu neighborhood, but prosecutors said many more residents have been subjected to Domingues' threats and harassment.

Circuit Judge Derrick Chan set bail at $2 million because Domingues poses a danger to the community, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said the threats escalated over the past few months and that neighbors decided to fight back to reclaim their neighborhood. Several hired a private attorney and six families filed for temporary restraining orders against Domingues.

Domingues could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Domingues is unemployed and lived with his mother on Henoheno Place in 'Ahuimanu, court documents said. Neighbors have complained that Domingues has threatened to kill them and their children and frequently taunts people and challenges them to fights, the document said.

Prosecutors suspect that illegal drug activity occurs at the home and neighbors are careful "not to rouse him or draw his attention in any way that might move him to violence," the document said.

"He screams obscenities and racial slurs at them; threatens to beat them up, kill them, or burn down their houses," prosecutors said in the court document. "He gestures as if he is shooting his neighbors with an imaginary rifle."

The neighbors did not want to talk yesterday, but city Deputy Prosecutor Cecelia Chang praised them for taking the initiative to clean up their community.

The case "epitomizes community prosecution because, using the legal system, they figured out a way to protect themselves," Chang said. "This is the opposite of vigilanteism. It's taking measures, finding out what your rights are and pursuing them."

Domingues has a 2002 conviction for resisting arrest and harassment, prosecutors said.

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