Hawaii Police Department
Office of the Chief
Lawrence K. Mahuna
Phone: 961-2244
November 15, 2007

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Gabriel Akao		Kantrel Santos		John Hauoli and Ewa Gilbert

Media Release

A man wanted for violating a temporary restraining order, a woman being sought for fraudulent use of a credit card and a couple suspected of passing bogus checks will be featured on the next edition of the Crime Stoppers television program "Hawaii Island's Most Wanted."

The new episode starts airing Friday, November 16. In it, police ask for the public's help in locating 32-year-old Gabriel Akao of Kailua-Kona, who is wanted for repeatedly violating a temporary restraining order. Police ask anyone who knows where he is to call Officer Renee Morinaka at 326-4646, extension 276.

"Hawaii Island’s Most Wanted" also asks for help in finding Kantrel Santos of Mountain View. The 28-year-old woman is wanted for fraudulent use of a credit card.

 The TV program also renews its request for help locating 37-year-old John Hauoli and 31-year-old Ewa Gilbert, who are wanted for numerous theft and forgery cases involving the cashing of bogus payroll checks. Police ask anyone with information about their whereabouts to call Detective Kenneth Quiocho at 326-4646, extension 281.

The program's host, Major Jay Enanoria, asks anyone with information about any of the wanted persons to call the numbers above, the police department’s non-emergency number at 935-3311, or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo and 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers calls are kept confidential. Crime Stoppers does not tape record phone calls or subscribe to caller ID.

"Hawaii Island's Most Wanted" is a project of Crime Stoppers Hilo, Inc., which is a partnership of the business community, the media and the police. It was inspired by the national TV show, "America’s Most Wanted." The program airs on Oceanic Time Warner's public access Channel 54 on Sundays at 5 p.m. and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. It also airs intermittently on Channel 53.