Crime Briefs
The body of a man was discovered in a grocery store parking lot Monday morning in the Kailua-Kona area.
At about 6:45 a.m., the Hawaii Police Department received a report of a man laying on a bench outside Safeway off Henry Street. During their investigation, police say it was determined the man died from natural causes.
The man’s name and age were not released by press time Monday.
A man originally charged with commercial promotion of marijuana last November was indicted Friday by a Kona grand jury.
The indictment filed in Kona Circuit Court says Vincent W. Parker possessed 2 pounds or more of marijuana, as well as had possession or cultivation of 100 or more plants in the Kona area on Nov. 28, 2018.
Parker was charged with first- and second-degree commercial promotion of marijuana.
Parker was originally charged in District Court on two counts of second-degree commercial promotion of marijuana at the time of the incident in November.
On Jan. 31, Parker was present for a preliminary hearing in the case, but the prosecution was not ready to proceed. As a result, the prosecution requested discharge of charges, which was granted.
In a separate indictment Friday, the grand jury charged a woman with commercial promotion.
According to court documents, Heidi Sierra Campbell was found in possession of 100 or more marijuana plants in the Ka‘u area on Feb. 13, 2018.
She also was charged with first-degree commercial promotion of marijuana.
Bench warrants were issued for Parker and Campbell.
Email Tiffany DeMasters at tdemasters@westhawaiitoday.com.
A Honomu home was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning.
Nine units responded to the 3:13 a.m. alarm, according to a Fire Department statement, with the first unit arriving at 3:30 a.m.
Arriving firefighters found the single-family home on Old Mamalahoa Highway fully involved with most of the structure collapsed.
Neighbors reported the fire and authorities were unable to locate the home’s occupant(s) of structure, the release said.
Estimated damage was $194,000, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
