Hawaii Island Information Update for April 10th, 2019

Detectives have charged a 36-year-old Hilo man for escaping from a correctional facility last month.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Acting Lieutenant Todd Pataray Phone: (808) 961-2382 Report No. 19-017587

Detectives have charged a 36-year-old Hilo man for escaping from a correctional facility last month.

Acting on a tip, Larry Kamalii was apprehended at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, (April 9), in Mountain View by a police task force without incident. He was returned to the custody of the Department of Public Safety following his daytime escape on, (March 1), from the Hale Nani Correctional Center.

54-year-old Rodney Lorenzo and 52-year-old Joseph Gonsalves, both of Puna were arrested for hindering prosecution after the two allegedly assisted  Kamalii while on the run.

Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section conferred with prosecutors, and as a result, both Lorenzo and Gonsalves were released from police custody pending further investigation.

Anyone who may have information about this incident or individuals involved is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Detective Kelly Moniz at (808) 961-2385 or Kelly.moniz@hawaiicounty.gov.