Police arrested a 31-year-old homeless man today alleged to have stolen the top of a spear from the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo last weekend.
Police arrested a 31-year-old homeless man today alleged to have stolen the top of a spear from the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo last weekend.
William Roy Carroll, formerly of Oahu, was arrested at 3 p.m. in downtown Hilo.
Capt. Robert Wagner said Carroll was connected to the vandalism after video surveillance footage caught him carrying a pipe and chain used to break off the six-foot segment late Saturday or early Sunday.
Carroll allegedly stole those items from a nearby used car lot.
The statue is located in the Wailoa River Recreation Area. Detectives found the ‘ihe Tuesday in an overgrown area along the banks of a channel leading to the Wailoa River.
The top of the spear was reported missing Sunday.
Carroll was arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft and second-degree criminal property damage. He had not been charged as of 4:45 p.m.