Hawaiʻ Police Department
Lieutenant Sandor Finkey
Juvenile Aid Section, Area I
Phone: (808) 961-2254
Report No. 20-007425
Media Release (Update)
Big Island detectives have charged a 44-year-old man Puna man for several offenses stemming from a domestic incident that occurred in Puna last Saturday (January 25).
Last night (January 28), after conferring with prosecutors, Travis Ezra Burnett, also known as Travise Ezra Burnett, was charged with second-degree attempted murder, kidnapping, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, felony abuse of a family household member, and first-degree terroristic threatening. His bail was set at $380,000.00 and he is scheduled to make his initial court appearance this afternoon.
On (January 25) at 9:49 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a report of a physical domestic involving a male and an injured female at a Plumeria Drive residence in the Ainaloa Subdivision. Officers arrived and located a 22-year-old female with multiple injuries to her face and head, informing police that she was assaulted by her boyfriend. The victim was transported to the Hilo Medical Center, where she was treated for her injuries and was initially listed as being in an “urgent” condition.
Detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section learned the victim also sustained multiple skull fractures after being struck on her head with a tool.
On Monday (January 27) detectives executed a search warrant at a Plumeria Drive residence in the Ainaloa Subdivision and were able to take Burnett into custody where he was held in the police cellblock while detectives continued the investigation.