HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION
DETECTIVE GILBERT GASPAR
PHONE: 326-4229
JULY 19, 1999
G-00751
MEDIA RELEASE
Kona police have arrested a 25-year-old El Paso, Texas, man on suspicion of sexual assault.
Responding to a 1:32 a.m. call Monday (July 19, 1999), police determined that an adult female from El Paso, Texas, was sexually assaulted at about 10 p.m. the previous night at a Kailua-Kona hotel.
The victim was taken to the Kona Community Hospital, where she was found to have no other injuries aside from the sexual assault.
At 9:35 a.m. Monday, police arrested the suspect. He is being held in the Kona police cellblock pending further investigation by Kona Criminal Investigation Section detectives.
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