HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
EAST HAWAII CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
CAPTAIN SAMUEL THOMAS
PHONE: 961-2251
JULY 9, 2004
H-39245/HL
MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE
Police arrested a 20-year-old suspect they had been looking for and charged him with one count of second-degree theft.
The suspect, identified as Shannon Paleka Gonsalves, turned himself in to police at 8 a.m. Wednesday (July 7, 2004) and was arrested an outstanding bench warrant. At 4:45 p.m. Thursday, he was charged with theft and later released on $1,000 bail.
The suspect had been wanted on a $200 outstanding bench warrant for contempt of court and for questioning about a theft from a Hilo residence in January 2003.
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