Media Release (update)

Big Island police have arrested a suspect in the July 7 assault of a 50-year-old Captain Cook man on Painted Church Road in South Kona.

Twenty-one-year-old Drosstain Edward Pua of Kona was arrested Monday morning (July 12)and charged Monday afternoon with second-degree assault, third-degree assault and violating terms of release on bail.

He is being held without bail at the Kona police cellblock pending a court appearance Tuesday (July 13).