Hawaiʻi Police Department
Area I Operations
Assistant Chief Henry Tavares
Phone: 961-2342
Report No. C14019005
Gilbert Waiau
Media Release
A 32-year-old Puna man has been arrested on a Grand Jury indictment for attempted murder and other offenses.
Gilbert H. Waiau of Pāhoa was arrested Monday morning (July 21) on the strength of a bench warrant following a Grand Jury indictment charging him with attempted second-degree murder, attempted first-degree assault, attempted second-degree assault, first-degree terroristic threatening and second-degree criminal property damage. His bail was set at $85,000. He was held at the Hilo police cellblock pending a court appearance Tuesday.
The charges stem from an incident on April 30, 2013. Puna Patrol officers responded to a report of a possible domestic dispute on the roadway. Officers responded to Kahakai Boulevard at Puni Mauka Loop, where a 23-year-old woman reported that Waiau had followed her in his car and tried to run her off the road, then intentionally hit her car with his. When she got out of her car, he reportedly attempted to ram her with his car.
The case was routed to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and then presented to a Grand Jury.