Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Lieutenant Gregory Esteban
Phone: 961-2252
Report No. C16009920
Nicholas Soares
Media Release
A Puna man has been charged with two felonies in connection with a break-in in Volcano on Sunday (April 10).
In response to a 4:12 p.m. call Sunday, police determined that an unknown man had entered a home on the 11-3800 block of 7th Avenue and threatened a 25-year-old woman with a pipe. The woman was able to escape to a neighbor’s house and call the police. Responding officers arrested 19-year-old Nicholas Soares of Mountain View at the scene and recovered two items belonging to the victim from his person.
Soares was taken to the Hilo Police cellblock while police continued the investigation. At 2:47 p.m. Monday (Aapril 11), after conferring with prosecutors, police charged Soares with first-degree burglary and first-degree terroristic threatening. His bail was set at $7,000. He remained at the cellblock until his initial court appearance on Tuesday (April 12).
