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HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged a 42-year-old Puna man in connection with a domestic violence related kidnapping incident. Timothy Wayne Torres was arrested by patrol officers on Saturday, (February 2), at 2:15 p.m., in Puna and later charged by detectives with two misdemeanor and one felony abuse of a family or household member, kidnapping and […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged two suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident in Puna. At 12:31 p.m., (December 30), officers responded to a call of a kidnapping from a HeÊ»e Street address in Hawaiian Beaches. Witnesses reported that a 31-year-old woman staying at the residence was struck in the face with a tire iron […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested the remaining suspects that were wanted in connection with a kidnapping incident in Puna. At 12:31 p.m., (December 30), officers responded to a call of a kidnapping from a HeÊ»e Street address in Hawaiian Beaches. Witnesses reported that a 31-year-old woman staying at the residence was struck in the face with […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two men and a woman who are wanted for questioning in connection with a kidnapping in Puna on Saturday, (December 30).

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Police are searching for Puna kidnap suspects: Joshua Sosa a male 25-years-old, Nicole Nasario woman 26-years-old, Claude Carvalho a male 32-years-old, Paul Alisa a male 34-years-old. Call police with info or whereabouts. They are consider armed and dangerous.

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On Thursday, (September 21), at 3:40 p.m., Hawaiʻi Island police charged 19-year-old David John Erlenbach with kidnapping, two counts of abuse of a family or household member, second-degree terroristic threatening and harassment by stalking.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have located and taken into custody a 19-year-old Hilo man wanted for questioning in a kidnapping investigation. At approximately 1:15 a.m., Wednesday morning, (September 20), a 19-year-old female reported that an adult male known to her held her against her will within his vehicle. While on KinoÊ»ole Street near the intersection with […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a 19-year-old Hilo man wanted for questioning in a kidnapping investigation involving an adult female. Police are seeking David John Erlenbach who is described as 5-feet-11-inches, 170 pounds, brown eyes and black hair and is known to wear prescription type eyeglasses.

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The HawaiÊ»i Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect involved in a kidnapping investigation. A victim reported that on Friday (March 31), at approximately 8:00 p.m., while traveling eastbound on Mauna Kea Beach Drive in the Waikoloa area, he picked up a male hitchhiker. Once inside the victim’s vehicle, the […]

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Two men and a woman from Puna were charged Thursday (March 16) with numerous offenses stemming from a kidnapping incident that occurred earlier in the week in upper Puna.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 38-year-old Puna man with 13 offenses in connection with a kidnapping that led to a police pursuit and an attempt to run down two officers.

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A 25-year-old Hilo man has been charged with kidnapping and other offenses in connection with a series of events this past weekend that began in Hilo and ended at a West HawaiÊ»i beach thanks to the help of concerned citizens. On Saturday morning (April 19), police received a report that Keahi Sale had kidnapped an […]

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Police report Keahi Sale has been located and arrested in South Kohala. The woman who he allegedly kidnapped, Chelsea Waltjen, has also been located in South Kohala.

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Two men have been arrested in connection with a kidnapping last month in Kona. On December 23, a 22-year-old Kailua-Kona man reported that at 3:45 p.m., a 31-year-old male acquaintance and a second unidentified man approached him on Royal Poinciana Drive near Aliʻi Drive and asked him for drugs and cash. When he refused,

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