By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 09:10 p.m. HST, Oct 16, 2009
Police yesterday charged a 22-year-old Puna man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in Pahoa.
Dickenson Nakashima was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment. Bail was set at $1,000.
A school resource officer received a report Tuesday from Pahoa High School officials that there was an attempted kidnapping of a girl while she was walking to a bus stop in the Tiki Gardens subdivision.
Police were able to determine the suspect's identity and arrested Nakashima at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Police yesterday charged a 22-year-old Puna man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in Pahoa.
Dickenson Nakashima was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment. Bail was set at $1,000.
A school resource officer received a report Tuesday from Pahoa High School officials that there was an attempted kidnapping of a girl while she was walking to a bus stop in the Tiki Gardens subdivision.
Police were able to determine the suspect's identity and arrested Nakashima at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.