HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SECTION
LIEUTENANT RANDALL MEDEIROS
PHONE: 961-2252
DECEMBER 27, 2006
REPORT NO. C06040236

MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island police have charged two Puna men in connection with a burglary early Christmas morning at a business establishment at >Waiakea> >Center> in Hilo.  

Detectives assigned to the Criminal Investigations Section charged 21-year-old Louie Clibourne of Pahoa and 18-year-old Bradley Young of Keaau with second-degree burglary on Tuesday evening (December 26). Clibourne was also charged with second-degree theft, possession of burglars’ tools and third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug. 

Both men are being held at the Hilo police cellblock pending their initial court appearances. Bail was set at $1,000 for Young and $2,150 for Clibourne. 

At about 1:40 a.m. Monday (December 25) South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a break-in by a security guard working for the nearby Prince> >Kuhio> >Plaza. He had observed two men within the fenced garden area of the store at Waiakea> >Center. He reported that they fled in a vehicle, and he furnished police with a description. Investigating officers located the vehicle a short while later and arrested the occupants.

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