Car break-ins 12-20-10

Hawai’i Police Department
South Kohala District
Sergeant Kenneth Quiocho
Phone: 887-3082
December 20, 2010

 

Image: mug shot
Brandon Charles Lipps
…arrested and charged for car break-ins

Media Release

Big Island police arrested a Waikoloa man Saturday (December 18) for a variety of offenses in connection with car break-ins.

Police officers in South Kohala arrested and charged Brandon Charles Lipps of Waikoloa with six counts of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, six counts of fourth-degree theft, two counts of unauthorized possession of personal confidential information, one count of criminal property damage and for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.

Police found Lipps with stolen property in a vehicle he was operating and were able to link the property to several vehicles that had been broken into between midnight and 6:30 a.m. on December 18. Police determined that the crimes occurred in the Paniolo Estates, Sunset Ridge, Elima Lani, Fairway Terrace and Golf Course condominiums near Melia Street in Waikoloa.

Lipps is being held in the Kona cellblock in lieu of $18,050 bail.      

Police ask that anyone with information about any vehicle being broken into during this time period or with information about this incident call Officer Adrian Ruiz at 887-3082 or the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.



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