Earlier this month, a Hilo grand jury indicted 42 year-old Eric W. Clough of Volcano for attempted distribution of methamphetamine in relation to receiving a parcel containing nearly one pound of meth at the Volcano Post Office on March 12, 2022

Clough made his initial appearance in Hilo Circuit Court on Monday afternoon where his
bail was maintained at $135,000.00. He was ordered to appear for jury trial on September 18,
2023.

As the Indictment alleges, Clough was charged with two counts of Attempted Promoting
a Dangerous Drug in the First Degree and a single count of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the
Second Degree (possess over one-eighth of an ounce of methamphetamine). Attempted
Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the First Degree is a class A felony offense punishable by either
a twenty-year prison term or ten years probation and up to two years in jail.

The charges are merely allegations and the Defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The investigation was a collaboration between members of Hawai‘i Police Department’s
Area I Vice Section and Special Enforcement Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S.
Postal Inspection Services. The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Patrick
Muñoz.

Photo credit: Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney