Hawaiʻi Police Department
Area II Criminal Investigations Division
Captain Reed K. Mahuna
Phone: 326-4646 ext. 263
Report No. 19-099484
Media Release
On Wednesday (December 18), Kona police were contacted by detectives with the Beverly Hills Police Department. Beverly Hills police believed a suspect wanted for a December 14, 2019 break-in and vandalism of an Iranian-Jewish synagogue in the city of Beverly Hills was located here in Kailua-Kona.
The suspect was identified by Beverly Hills police as Anton Nathaniel Redding, a 24-year-old male from Millersville Pennsylvania. Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Division as well as the Area II Special Enforcement Unit were assigned to this case and arrested Redding at about 1:00 p.m. Hawaiʻi time in the Kailua-Kona area. Detectives from the Beverly Hills police department arrived on Hawaiʻi Island just after 3:00 p.m. and are assisting with the investigation.
Redding was held without bail and charged this morning (December 19) to begin extradition proceedings back to California. This proceeding will now be handled by the Hawaiʻi County Prosecutor’s office.