A Democratic congressional candidate in Hawaii now faces felony terroristic threatening charges after allegedly pulling a knife on a beachgoer during a confrontation caught on camera, the latest in a string of arrests that includes a gun incident and an assault on a hospital nurse.

Kirill Basin, 40, was arrested August 1 at Keawakapu Beach in South Kihei, Maui, after an argument over loud music spiraled into a physical fight that left him knocked unconscious and ended with police hauling him away on two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening. Fox News Digital reported that Basin shoved a beachgoer named Kama Homan, then swung a beach chair at him. Homan pushed the chair away and knocked Basin out cold.

But the confrontation did not end there. Prosecutors allege in an August 5 court filing that Basin, after regaining consciousness, reached into a small black bag and told Homan, "Do I have a gun? I'll kill you," before pulling out and brandishing a knife. He also allegedly told bystanders, "I'll put you in the ground."

Basin allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander's wife

Homan, the man Basin attacked, described the moment the situation changed. Breitbart reported Homan's account of the altercation:

"He put his hands on me and as soon as he tried to shove me, I hit him with a left and a right."

Homan also said Basin drew the knife after the physical exchange:

"He ended up pulling the knife out on me after the altercation and that was obviously a game changer when I knew he was off."

Basin allegedly told a 61-year-old man at the beach that he would shoot the man's wife, a threat that came after the older man asked Basin to turn his music down. The confrontation unfolded on a public beach in broad daylight, and video footage captured the moments before police arrived and arrested Basin.

A judge found probable cause to support the first-degree terroristic threatening charge. At a subsequent court hearing, the judge maintained Basin's bail at $1 million, ordered him not to contact Homan or four other individuals, and barred him from Keawakapu Beach and its parking lot.

Three months, four criminal incidents

The beach arrest was not Basin's first run-in with law enforcement this year. It was his fourth. The pattern started May 2, when police arrested him on a disorderly conduct charge. Prosecutors allege he fought or threatened people and made excessive noise or used offensive language after being told to stop.

Less than a month later, on May 29, Basin allegedly approached a County of Maui employee, pulled a tan-and-green handgun from his backpack, and made verbal threats. Two other county employees witnessed the encounter. Prosecutors wrote in a July court filing that both "felt threatened for their lives due to [Basin's] actions." A Maui grand jury indicted Basin on two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening over the incident.

Basin's lawyers offered a different version of the May 29 encounter. They contend that police reports and surveillance footage showed Basin briefly displayed a muzzle-down pellet gun, did not point it at anyone, and told witnesses to call police. Prosecutors and the defense disagree on whether the object was a real handgun or a pellet gun, and on whether Basin directed it at anyone.

Hawaii is hardly the only state where Democratic officials have found themselves on the wrong side of felony charges. Hawaii's own lieutenant governor was recently indicted on bribery charges tied to a COVID-19 testing contract, a case that rattled the state's political establishment.

Within two weeks of the grand jury indictment for the gun incident, Basin picked up yet another set of charges. He was charged with second-degree assault and two counts of harassment after allegedly kicking a nurse in the thigh at Maui Memorial Medical Center, where he had been admitted to the behavioral health unit for evaluation. Basin pleaded not guilty in that case.

Court gave Basin permission to leave Hawaii days before beach arrest

On July 20, a court granted Basin's request to leave Hawaii for inpatient treatment at a facility in Arizona. The conditions required him to surrender his passport, follow a court-approved travel itinerary, and appear remotely for any hearings. By July 27, the court was told Basin was in the Maui Recovery program in Lahaina, not in Arizona.

Five days later, he was at Keawakapu Beach, allegedly threatening strangers with a knife.

Prosecutors moved quickly after the August 1 arrest. On August 5, they filed to revoke Basin's bail in the hospital assault case, citing the beach arrest as evidence he posed a continuing danger. A judge issued a $400,000 bench warrant in that case.

The day before his beach arrest, Basin posted on Instagram about a lawsuit he had filed. The New York Post reported Basin wrote: "This is the lawsuit I served today. It basically outlines how 3 police officers tortured me for 14 hours." Within twenty-four hours, he was in handcuffs again.

Basin is challenging Rep. Jill Tokuda in Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. His attorney, Brandon Segal, did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. The outlet has also requested police reports, body-camera footage, dispatch audio, witness statements, and evidence logs tied to all four criminal incidents from the Maui Police Department.

The accumulation of charges against Basin, felony terroristic threatening, assault, harassment, disorderly conduct, stands out even in a period when Democratic-affiliated figures have faced a string of criminal allegations across the country.

Basin's case also fits a broader pattern of public officials and candidates whose conduct raises questions about basic fitness for office. From a police chief arrested on felony gun charges to a deputy police commissioner accused of driving a getaway car, the cases keep piling up, and voters keep learning about them after the fact.

Four arrests in three months. A million-dollar bail. A grand jury indictment. A knife on a public beach. If the Democratic Party has a vetting process for its congressional candidates, it failed on Maui.