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 region throughout the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Kahuilakane Abraham-Young

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

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

Investigating officers have been in a position to get video surveillance footage from numerous corporations in the region and identified the suspect as 23-year-old Kahuilakane Abraham-Young of Kailua-Kona. Officers canvassed the region, situated Abraham-Young in the surrounding region, 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 Region II Criminal Investigation Section, Kona patrol officers continued their investigation into the break-ins. Throughout their investigation, things believed to be stolen from the corporations, and three.four grams of methamphetamine, have been recovered.

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

Abraham-Young produced 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 one who may well have details with regards to these incidents that occurred throughout the early morning hours of March 14, 2023, in the region 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 may well contact the islandwide Crime Stoppers quantity at 808-961-8300 and may well be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.