Hawaiʻi Police Department
Juvenile Aid Section
Lieutenant Lucille Melemai
Phone: 961-2254
Report No. C16013683
Media Release (update)
Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 15-year-old boy in connection with threatening notes left at Waiākea High School in Hilo.
At 11 a.m. Friday (May 20), the teen was charged with second-degree terroristic threatening and fourth-degree criminal property damage. He was then released to the custody of his family.
The case will be turned over to the jurisdiction of Family Court.
Multiple notes threatening violence were left on bathroom walls sometime between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday (May 18) and 11 a.m. Thursday (May 19).
At 9 a.m. Friday, police arrested the suspect at the school. Because he is a minor, no additional details are available about his identity.