MEDIA RELEASE

William Carroll III

After conferring with prosecutors, Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a former Oahu man in connection with a spear that was stolen from the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo on Tuesday (September 8).

At 1:20 p.m. Friday (September 11), 31-year-old William Roy Carroll III, who has no permanent address, was charged with second-degree theft, third-degree theft and second-degree criminal property damage. His bail was set at $11,000.

He remains the Hilo police cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for Monday.