26 year-old Bailee Powers of Volcano was arrested and charged for the theft of a Honda Civic that was originally reported stolen near the intersection of Komohana Street and Puainako extension in Hilo on September 7.

As the Complaint alleges, Powers was charged with Theft in the First Degree (obtained or exerted unauthorized control over another person’s motor vehicle, a Honda automobile) and Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree. The more serious offense, Theft in the First Degree, is a class B felony offense which carries a penalty of either a ten-year prison term or four years probation and up to eighteen months in jail.

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

The theft case was initiated by Officer Danton Zimmerman of South Hilo Patrol while the arrest was made by Officer Devin Ah Chong of Puna Patrol. The felony investigation was led by Officer Jayce Carvalho of the Hawai’i County Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit, Area I Criminal Investigation Section.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Soong.

Photo credit: Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney