Hawai‘i Island police arrested two individuals following the execution of a search warrant in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision.

Yesterday morning, officials executed a search warrant at a 29th Avenue residence. The primary target,  20-year-old Noa A.K. Lolohea, had left prior to police arrival, however officers arrested 28-year-old Kennedy Miyasato of Hilo, an acquaintance of Lolohea, for first-degree hindering prosecution.

Lolohea was being sought in connection with a Sept. 17 incident in which he allegedly threatened a 38-year-old man with a firearm and discharged the weapon multiple times. No injuries were reported.

Police later  located Lolohea in Kea‘au, where he was arrested without incident on the following outstanding warrants:

• First-degree reckless endangering

• First-degree terroristic threatening

• Ownership or possession prohibited (firearm)

• Place to keep: pistols or revolvers

• Carrying or possessing a loaded firearm on public highways

• Driving without a valid driver’s license

• Fourth-degree theft

• Habitual property crime

• Failure to appear

 

Both Lolohea and Miyasato remain in custody as the investigation continues.