Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 38-year-old Adonis Benjamin Imaikalani Higa with sexual assault and other domestic violence related offenses following a recent Pāhoa incident.
On March 3, Puna patrol officers responded to a Nanawale Boulevard residence and determined that the incident started after a 15-year-old female household member reported to her mother that Higa touched her in a sexual manner and later recorded his actions with her cellphone. These actions included him stating sexual acts he wanted to do with the teen. When Higa was confronted by the girl’s mother, he struck both her and her daughter in the presence of another child. He then threatened all members of the household while retrieving a rifle from a closet. Higa then grabbed 15 year old’s cellphone, smashed it, and left the residence with it. On March 5, Higa turned himself in to police at the Pāhoa Station. After conferring with the County Prosecutor’s Office, Area I Juvenile Aid Section Detectives charged Higa with the following offenses:
- Third-degree sex assault
- First-degree terroristic threatening
- Abuse family household member (in the presence of a minor)
- Possession of a firearm prohibited
- Mandatory registration of a firearm
- Abuse family household member against a spouse/relationship
- Abuse family household member against family and children
- Third-degree theft
- Fourth-degree criminal property damage
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