59 year-old Lara Wells of Hakalau, was arrested and charged with the theft of a Honda CR-V originally reported stolen from the Reed’s Bay in Hilo parking lot on September 18, while 59 year-old Gregg Fujiyama, also of Hakalau, was arrested and charged in relation to felony possession of methamphetamine.

According to police, the stolen Honda CR-V was recovered and officers arrested Wells and Fujiyama on December 27, 2024 from a Hakalau property. Officers later executed a search warrant upon the Honda CR-V and recovered over ten grams of substances that tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine, four glass smoking pipes, a digital scale, and other drug paraphernalia.

Wells and Fujiyama made their initial appearances in Hilo District Court on Monday afternoon, where over Prosecutors’ objections, Wells, who was being held on $90,000.00 bail, and Fujiyama, who was being held on $126,000.00 bail, were both granted supervised release. Both Wells and Fujiyama were ordered to appear for their preliminary hearings on January 13, 2025.

Wells is charged with Theft in the First Degree (theft of a motor vehicle, a Honda CR-V), Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree, Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree (possess any amount of methamphetamine), and Prohibited Acts Related to Drug Paraphernalia.

Fujiyama was charged with Unauthorized Entry Into a Motor Vehicle in the Second Degree, two counts of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree (knowingly possess one-eighth ounce or more of methamphetamine), Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree, Promoting a Detrimental Drug in the Third Degree, and Prohibited Acts Related to Drug Paraphernalia. Theft in the First Degree and Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree are both class B felony offenses which carry a penalty of either a ten-year prison term or four years probation and up to eighteen months in jail. Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree and Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree, are both class C felony offenses, which carry a penalty of either a five-year prison term or four years probation and up twelve months in jail.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Caday.

 

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