Hawai‘i Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section – Area II
Lieutenant Edwin A. Buyten
Phone: (808) 326-4646 Ext. 266
Report No.: 20-097171
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police have located 30-year-old Maria Girangaya of Ocean View who was wanted for several outstanding warrants, as well as questioning in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation.
On Tuesday April 20, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., members of the Area II Special Enforcement Unit located Girangaya at a residence on Plumeria Road in the Kailua-Kona area. Girangaya was arrested for her outstanding warrants at the Kealakehe Police Station as detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigation Section continued pursuing several ongoing investigations in which Girangaya was a suspect.
On Wednesday April 21, 2021 at 7:30 a.m. after conferring with prosecutors, Girangaya was charged with two counts of criminal contempt of court. She was also charged with a single count of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle stemming from the removal of a sport utility vehicle from South Point on April 1, 2021. The vehicle was recovered from a property in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates on April 20, after tips from the public were received regarding the vehicle’s location.
Girangaya’s bail was set at $3,300. She is scheduled to make her initial court appearance on Wednesday April 21, in Kona District Court.
