A 49-year-old felon from Kauai is charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon following a 15-hour standoff Tuesday.

Robert Melvin Morris is in custody at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu.

Morris was charged by federal criminal complaint Wednesday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, according to federal court records.

On Tuesday at about 9 a.m., U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, backed by Honolulu Police Department officers and state Sheriff’s deputies, executed a federal search warrant in the Kapahulu neighborhood.

“While law enforcement was outside attempting to gain entry, “Morris fire

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