Read more Congressional Candidate Kirill Basin Arrested After Maui Beach Knife Threat Ends in Sudden Knockout Congressional Candidate Kirill Basin Arrested After Maui Beach Knife Threat Ends in Sudden KnockoutThe altercation was captured on video and later spread online, showing Basin involved in a heated exchange before a bystander intervened. The latest incident has added another controversy to the Basin's campaign, which was already facing scrutiny following an earlier arrest involving that he brandished a firearm at a Maui County building. Police alleged that Basin took out a knife and threatened several people before tossing it into the water. He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening, according to the Maui County Police Department's statement. That earlier incident followed a confrontation at a South Maui town hall involving Maui County Council member Tom Cook and members of his staff.