Kona man accused of several small business burglaries granted supervised release : Major Island Now

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

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

Investigating officers have been capable to receive video surveillance footage from various enterprises 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 Location II Criminal Investigation Section, Kona patrol officers continued their investigation into the break-ins. Through their investigation, things believed to be stolen from the enterprises, and three.four grams of methamphetamine, have been recovered.

On Wednesday, following 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 harmful 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 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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Everyone who may well have information and facts concerning these incidents that occurred throughout the early morning hours of March 14, 2023, in the region of Kopiko Street, is encouraged to speak to Officer Andrew Padilla at 808-935-3311 or by means of e mail at [email protected].

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