MEDIA RELEASE

Stephen Graham

The 6th suspect in a crime spree spanning four months has been charged with 40 offenses.

Stephen Kaleo Graham, 26, of Captain Cook was arrested Saturday (January 24) at OTEC Beach in Kailua-Kona on a bench warrant for contempt of court. He was taken to the Kona police cellblock while detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section continued investigating numerous other offenses.

At 11 a.m. Monday, Graham was charged with four counts of burglary, seven counts of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, five counts of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, eight counts of theft, three counts of terroristic threatening, three counts of theft/forgery of a credit card, three counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, two counts of unauthorized possession of personal confidential information, two counts of resisting an order to stop and one count each of criminal property damage, reckless endangering and speeding.

His bail was set at $384,250. He remained in the cellblock until his initial court appearance on Tuesday (January 27).

The crime spree from South Kohala to Kaʻū between October 7 and January 16 included commercial burglaries, auto thefts, car break-ins and the theft and fraudulent use of credit cards.

Five other persons were previously arrested and charged with offenses in connection with this series of crimes. They are:

• 30-year-old Douglas Daniel Kaimiola of Captain Cook
• 23-year-old Joshua White of Kailua-Kona
• 19-year-old Dyllan Kaiehu Paulo-Leslie of Captain Cook
• 30-year-old Keoni Fujio Yamada of Kailua-Kona
• 25-year-old Logan Kahele-Bishop of Nāʻālehu