Police charged two men and a woman with felony offenses after an early Monday morning disturbance involving baseball bats and a shotgun near Mohouli Park in Hilo. ADVERTISING Police charged two men and a woman with felony offenses after an
Police charged two men and a woman with felony offenses after an early Monday morning disturbance involving baseball bats and a shotgun near Mohouli Park in Hilo.
Officers responding to a 12:21 a.m. call found several individuals confronting a 47-year-old man in front of his Kuahiwi Place home, police said.
According to court documents filed by police, Alan Familar told officers two men, 24-year-old Jake Gassett and 19-year-old Travis Anzai, both of Hilo, threatened him with bats, telling him, “I’m going to f—— kill you.”
Familar reportedly told police that Anzai’s mother, 52-year-old Betty Anzai of Hilo, told her son to “get the f—— gun.”
Travis Anzai allegedly put down his bat, went to the driver’s side of his pickup truck, pulled out a shotgun and wielded it. Familar said the firearm wasn’t pointed at him, but he feared for his life, according to documents.
Arriving officers found Gassett and Familar squared off against each other, both armed with bats. The other suspects fled in two older-model Toyota Tacoma pickups, according to documents.
Police reportedly ordered Gassett to drop his bat. When he refused to do so, an officer deployed a Taser to subdue Gassett, police said.
Familar reportedly told police he was acquainted with the Anzais but didn’t know Gassett.
Officers pulled Travis Anzai’s truck over by Mohouli Park, police said. According to documents, officers found three live shotgun shells in the console and two opened cans of Bud Light in the cup holder next to the driver’s seat.
Police said Travis Anzai, who was the only person in the truck, made “spontaneous statements” that the beer belonged to a friend and he would dump it out.
Betty Anzai’s truck was pulled over on Komohana Street for driving without headlights, and Anzai gave officers her consent to search the vehicle, according to documents. A live 12-gauge shotgun shell was found on the back-seat floor, and a Springfield shotgun was discovered in nearby bushes.
Her 20-year-old son, Darcy Alameda, a passenger in the truck, was arrested on an unrelated bench warrant for contempt of court and was found to have a pair of brass knuckles on him, police said.
Alameda also was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening and possessing a deadly weapon, but wasn’t charged with those offenses pending further investigation.
Travis Anzai was charged with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, carrying an unloaded firearm, illegal storage of ammunition, and having an open container of alcohol in the truck. His bail was originally set at $31,250, but at his initial court appearance Wednesday, Hilo District Judge Harry Freitas reduced it to $7,250, records state.
Betty Anzai was charged with being an accessory to first-degree terroristic threatening in the first degree, carrying an unloaded firearm on a highway, illegal storage of ammunition, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Her bail was originally set at $46,000, but Freitas reduced it to $21,000, records state.
Gassett was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening. His bail was set at $2,000 and Freitas denied Gassett’s request for supervised release, records state.
All are free on bond and have preliminary hearings scheduled for 2 p.m. May 26, according to court records.
Email John Burnett at jburnett@hawaiitribune-herald.com.
