Big Island police have charged a man arrested Wednesday in connection with a commercial burglary in Hilo.
Big Island police have charged a man arrested Wednesday in connection with a commercial burglary in Hilo.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, 18-year-old Robert Pookela Manaole, who has no permanent address, was charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft. His bail was set at $4,000, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
Manaole is being held at the Hilo police cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for today.
At 1:44 a.m. Wednesday, police received a report of an alarm call from a business at Waiakea Center. Responding officers saw a man fleeing from the area and discovered entry had been made into one of the businesses.
Patrol officers established a perimeter around the industrial area and arrested Manaole at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday. He was taken to the cellblock while Area I Criminal Investigations Section detectives continued the investigation.