UPDATED (9/27/2018)

Christopher Allen Wright

Hawai`i Island Police have located a 56-year-old Ka‘ū man who was wanted for outstanding warrants.

At 5:20 p.m., Wednesday afternoon, (Sept. 26), police arrested and charged Christopher Allen Wright without incident at an Ohia Drive property in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates Subdivision, (HOVE), for his criminal contempt of court warrant.

He was also arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary after investigators linked him to an,

(August 9), break-in at a HOVE residence on Palm Parkway.

At 8:30 p.m., Wednesday evening, police charged Wright with one count each of first-degree burglary, promoting a dangerous drug, promoting a detrimental drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.

His total bail was set at $86,250. He was taken to the Kona cellblock pending his initial appearance this afternoon in Kona District Court.

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Officer Shawn Ibarra of the Ka‘ū Patrol Division at (808) 939-2520.

MEDIA RELEASE

Christopher Allen Wright

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance with locating a 56-year-old man who is wanted on an outstanding bench warrant and for questioning in connection with a residential burglary in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision in Ka‘ū.

Christopher Allen Wright is described as 6-feet-1-inch, 170 pounds with a slim build. He has brown eyes, shoulder-length brown hair, and a mustache. He is known to frequent the South Kona and Ka‘ū Districts.

Anyone who may have information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Officer Shawn Ibarra of the Ka‘ū Patrol Division at (808) 939-2520.