Article updated: 1/24/2013 10:13 AM

Hawaii Coast Guardsman held during investigation

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Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews, a Coast Guardsman who disappeared more than three months ago and showed up at his home over the weekend, is in military custody at Pearl Harbor after being released from the hospital.

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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being held at a Navy-run facility in Pearl Harbor while the military service investigates his three-month disappearance as it prepared to discharge him for illegally using marijuana.