2 have now been charged; 2 released...
Community: 01-05-18 Puna kidnapping suspects charged (Update No. 2)
Hawai#699;i Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section, Area I
Lieutenant Miles Chong
Phone
808) 961-2252
Report No. C17036090
Media Release (Update No. 2)
Hawai#699;i Island police have charged two suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident in Puna.
At 12:31 p.m., (December 30), officers responded to a call of a kidnapping from a He#699;e Street address in Hawaiian Beaches. Witnesses reported that a 31-year-old woman staying at the residence was struck in the face with a tire iron before being forced into the trunk of a sedan at gunpoint.
The victim was also found later that afternoon when she was dropped off at the He#699;e Street residence. She was taken by ambulance to the Hilo Medical Center where she was treated and released for non-life threatening injuries.
The burnt remnants of the suspect’s vehicle were discovered at the Lava Tree State Park in P#257;hoa Tuesday afternoon, (January 2).
At 2:15 p.m., Wednesday, (January 3), 26-year-old Nikki Nasario and 25-year-old Joshua Sosa were arrested for this incident and their outstanding warrants following a traffic stop by patrol officers on Highway 130 near the Ainaloa Boulevard intersection in P#257;hoa.
At 8:45 a.m,. Friday, (January 5), police charged Nasario and Sosa with kidnapping, second-degree assault, and first-degree terroristic threatening. Their bail has been set at $25,000 each and are both being held at the Hawai`i Community Correctional Center for unrelated charges as well as their initial appearance for this case Monday afternoon, (January 8), in District Court.
The two other suspects previously arrested in this case, 34-year-old Paul Alisa, and 32-year-old Claude Carvalho Jr. were released pending further investigation.
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