A Hilo man has been charged with burglary and drug offenses, and police are asking for the public’s help to find possible accomplices.
A Hilo man has been charged with burglary and drug offenses, and police are asking for the public’s help to find possible accomplices.
On Thursday, a 57-year-old Hilo man reported that when he returned to his home on Puueo Mauka Road in the Wainaku area, he saw a Nissan Pathfinder in his driveway with three unknown people standing next to it. The strangers got into the sports-utility vehicle and fled, striking the victim’s pickup truck while he was still in it, and then drove toward downtown Hilo.
The Pathfinder was later found on the sidewalk on Keawe Street facing against the direction of traffic of the one-way street near the intersection with Furneaux Lane. Three males were seen running from the area of the abandoned SUV. Officers nabbed two of them, 22-year-old Isaac A.M. Rosa of Mountain View and a 16-year-old boy.
Rosa was initially arrested and charged on a warrant for violating terms of release and was held without bail on that offense. He was in possession of property belonging to the burglary victim and a clear zip packet containing a crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine, according to police.
The juvenile was arrested on an unrelated warrant.
The juvenile was later released to the jurisdiction of Family Court, while Rosa was held in the police cellblock. He appeared in court on Friday on the release terms violation, while police executed a search warrant on the Pathfinder, which had been reported stolen. From inside, they recovered items belonging to the burglary victim.
Later Friday, Rosa was charged with burglary, theft, promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bail on those offenses was set at $55,000.
His initial court appearance on those charges was Monday.
Police think other people were involved and ask anyone who knows their identity or anything else about this case to call the Hilo Criminal Investigations Section at 961-2272. Those who prefer anonymity can call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.