Big Island detectives have charged a 44-year-old man Puna man for several offenses stemming from a domestic incident that occurred on Saturday in Puna.
Travis Ezra Burnett, also known as Travise Ezra Burnett, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, felony abuse of a family household member, and first-degree terroristic threatening, according to the Hawaii Police Department. His bail was set at $380,000.
Puna patrol officers responded to a report of a physical domestic involving a man and an injured woman at a Plumeria Drive residence in the Ainaloa Subdivision, according to police. Officers arrived and located a 22-year-old woman with multiple injuries to her face and head, informing police that she was assaulted by her boyfriend. The victim was transported to the Hilo Medical Center, where she was treated for her injuries and was initially listed as being in an “urgent” condition.
Detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section learned the victim also sustained multiple skull fractures after being struck on her head with a tool.
On Monday, detectives executed a search warrant at a Plumeria Drive residence in the Ainaloa Subdivision and were able to take Burnett into custody where he was held in the police cellblock while detectives continued the investigation.