Hawaii Island police have charged a 29-year-old Pahoa man in connection with a burglary of a vacant business building.
At 11:50 p.m., on Nov. 9, officers noticed a man in a pickup truck parked between a shipping container and the fence line of a business on Silva Street in Hilo. Police also discovered that the fence was cut and the door to the business had been kicked in. Several items taken from the vacant business were seen in the bed of the truck.
At midnight, police arrested Nicholas Blackwell on suspicion of burglary and he was taken to the Hilo cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continued the investigation.
On Saturday, police charged Blackwell with second-degree burglary. He remains in the Hilo cellblock in lieu of $2,000 bail pending his initial appearance in South Hilo District Court this afternoon.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have any other information about it is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Tuck Loy Aurello of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2385 or Tuckloy.Aurello@hawaiicounty.gov.
Police are also seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a male involved in a forgery investigation that occurred on Oct. 27 at a commercial business in Pahoa.
If anyone has any information that can identify the person in the photograph, please call officer Kimo Veincent at 965-2716, or the Police Department’s non-emergency number (808) 935-3311.
Those who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.00.