A second man has been charged under a state law that provides for enhanced sentencing for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
A second man has been charged under a state law that provides for enhanced sentencing for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
On Sept. 8, a 35-year-old Puna man reported that he returned to his home on 34th Avenue in the Orchidland Estates subdivision and saw a man entering his house through a window and then exiting and fleeing in a van driven by another man, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
On Wednesday, police arrested the suspected driver, Jesley Saniatan, 24, of Hilo, on a Grand Jury indictment for burglary of a dwelling during an emergency declaration. That enhances the burglary from a B felony to an A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison with no possibility of probation. His bail was set at $10,000. He was held at the Hilo police cellblock pending his court arraignment today.
The other suspect, Ronald Altura Jr., 23, of Keaau, was arrested Sept. 18 and charged with the same offense.