Hawai‘i Island police arrested 27-year-old Dyllan Kai‘ehu Paulo-Leslie, a Hawai’i Community Correctional Center (HCCC) inmate who escaped from the facility on Friday, April 21.

Following an extensive manhunt that involved the HPD, HPD, DOCARE, the Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division, as well as the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service. Paulo-Leslie was taken into custody on the riverbed of the Wailuku River near Hilo High School on Saturday, April 22.
 
Following his arrest, he was taken to Hilo Medical Center for treatment of injuries he sustained as a of his escape. Paulo-Leslie will be returned to the Hawai’i Community Correctional Center where he has been incarcerated on charges of attempted murder, robbery, and terroristic threatening stemming from an incident that occurred in November 2022. He is being held without bail on those charges.
 
On Friday, HCCC personnel reported to police that Paulo-Leslie had escaped from the facility by scaling an exterior fence, and was last seen running down Waianuenue Avenue. South Hilo patrol officers and Area I Criminal Investigation Division personnel immediately began canvassing the area surrounding the jail, as well as the downtown Hilo area.
 
On Saturday morning, an extensive air and ground search resumed after a resident of the Reed’s Island area of Kaiulani Street called police and reported Paulo-Leslie was seen nearby. Review of residential video surveillance showed Paulo-Leslie attempting to steal two vehicles in the area. He now faces first-degree escape and attempted vehicle theft charges.
 
Police ask anyone who may have seen or come into contact with Paulo-Leslie during his time on the run to contact Detective Scotty Aloy of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2381, or via email at Scotty.Aloy@hawaiicounty.gov.

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