Hawaiʻi police have charged a 23-year-old Kailua-Kona man in connection to a series of break-ins that occurred in the Kailua-Kona location throughout the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Kahuilakane Abraham-Young

At roughly four:56 a.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a reported break-in at a business enterprise establishment positioned on the 75-5600 block of Kopiko Street. Responding officers determined that money stored inside the business enterprise had been removed. It was later discovered that a neighboring business enterprise had also been broken into and money and other things had been removed from that business enterprise.

Later on, the very same day at roughly 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a further business enterprise in the very same location for a further reported break-in. The staff of this business enterprise reported that a storage shed was broken into and tools had been taken. Even though conducting their investigation into that break-in, police say an owner of a separate neighboring business enterprise reported that his business enterprise had also been broken into. The owner of the business enterprise reported that money had also been removed from the establishment.

Investigating officers had been capable to acquire video surveillance footage from quite a few companies in the location and identified the suspect as 23-year-old Kahuilakane Abraham-Young of Kailua-Kona. Officers canvassed the location, positioned Abraham-Young in the surrounding location, and took him into custody for second-degree suspicion of burglary and an outstanding warrant.

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With the help of a Detective from the Location II Criminal Investigation Section, Kona patrol officers continued their investigation into the break-ins. Throughout their investigation, things believed to be stolen from the companies, and three.four grams of methamphetamine, had been recovered.

On Wednesday, just after conferring with the Workplace of the Prosecuting Lawyer, Abraham-Young was charged with 3 counts of second-degree burglary and a single count each and every of third-degree promotion of a unsafe drug and habitual home crime. The charge of habitual home crime stems from prior convictions of home crime offenses inside the final ten years

Abraham-Young created his initial court look on Thursday in Kona District Court exactly where he was granted supervised release and ordered to return to court on April six.

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Any individual who could have data with regards to these incidents that occurred throughout the early morning hours of March 14, 2023, in the location of Kopiko Street, is encouraged to make contact with Officer Andrew Padilla at 808-935-3311 or through e-mail at [email protected].

Tipsters who favor to stay anonymous could get in touch with the islandwide Crime Stoppers quantity at 808-961-8300 and could be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.