Hawaii Island police have charged a Honomu man in connection with a burglary at a church.
Police were called to a church early Aug. 7, 2017,. on the Old Mamalahoa Highway in Honomu after its surveillance system notified church officials of motion activity in the building. Once inside, the suspect took one of the surveillance cameras, but not before his image was captured on video, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
At 11:28 p.m. Saturday, police arrested 40-year-old Chad Shimaoka for this incident as well as another outstanding bench warrant. He was taken to the Hilo cellblock while investigators with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continued the investigation.
Shimaoka was charged Monday with one count each of second-degree burglary and fourth-degree theft. Bail was set at $5,250.
Anyone with information on the incident should call the department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Officer Eddie Cardines of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-8222.