Hawaii Island police arrested the remaining suspects wanted in connection with a kidnapping incident in Puna.
Hawaii Island police arrested the remaining suspects wanted in connection with a kidnapping incident in Puna.
At 12:31 p.m., Dec. 30, officers responded to a call of a kidnapping from a Hee Street address in Hawaiian Beaches, according to the Hawaii Police Department. Witnesses reported that a 31-year-old woman staying at the residence was struck in the face with a tire iron before being forced into the trunk of a sedan at gunpoint. The suspect’s vehicle was described as a maroon 1998 Toyota sedan with a shattered rear window bearing license plate HCD 702.
Paul Alisa, 34, of Pahoa was arrested that same afternoon when he turned himself into the Pahoa Police Station. He was later released from custody pending investigation.
The victim was found later that afternoon when she was dropped off at the Hee Street residence. She was taken by ambulance to the Hilo Medical Center where she was treated and released for non-life-threatening injuries.
At 12:11 p.m. Tuesday, police located the burnt remnants of the suspect’s vehicle at the Lava Tree State Park in Pahoa.
At 5:30 p.m. that afternoon, detectives arrested 32-year-old Claude Carvalho Jr. in connection with this incident after he was taken into custody for unrelated bench warrants. He was released later that evening pending investigation for this case but remained in police custody for his warrants until making his initial appearance on Wednesday afternoon in District Court.
On Wednesday, 26-year-old Nikki Nasario and 25-year-old Joshua Sosa were arrested for the incident and their outstanding warrants following a traffic stop on Highway 130 near the Ainaloa Boulevard intersection in Pahoa. Sosa is being held at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center on a parole violation warrant, and Nasario is being held at the Hilo cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continue the investigation.
Anyone who may have information about this incident should call the department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Todd Pataray of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2382 or Todd.Pataray@hawaiicounty.gov.
