Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged a Hilo couple with an array of offenses following the execution of a search warrant at a residence on the 600 block of Ponahawai Street, in Hilo, on Sunday morning, August 18, 2024.
At approximately 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning, the department’s Special Response Team (SRT) and Crisis Negotiators, along with members of the Area I Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) and the Criminal Investigation Division, executed a search warrant on the Ponahawai Street residence, where 31-year-old Dillon Royden Daimen Revila and 33-year-old Latoya-Lynn Pilialoha Spalding-Poepoe, were taken into custody on the strength of multiple warrants.
Following conferral with the Hawai’i County Prosecutors Office, at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, Revilla and Spalding-Poepoe were charged with the following offenses:
Revilla was charged with:
- Two counts of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle (UCPV)
- Two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening
- Two counts of second-degree assault
- First-degree criminal property damage
- First degree theft
- Habitual property crime
- Driving without a valid driver’s license (DWOL)
- Abuse of a family or household member
- Violations of conditions of release on bail, recognizance, or supervised release (Warrant of Arrest)
- Summons or arrest of defendant on probation; commitment without bail (Warrant of Arrest)
His total bail was set at $134,000.
Spalding-Poepoe was charged with:
- Unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle (UEMV)
- Habitual property crime
- Three counts of violations of conditions of release on bail, recognizance, or supervised release (Arrest Warrants)
- Fourth-degree theft (Bench Warrant)
Her total bail was set at $31,900.
The charges against Revilla and Spalding-Poepoe stem from several separate vehicle theft investigations and an abuse incident spanning the past several months in various locations on the island.
There were no reported injuries to Revilla, Spalding-Poepoe, other tenants of the residence, or police personnel.
Out of an abundance of caution for the safety of members of the community and police personnel, a portion of Ponahawai Street was closed for approximately 90 minutes during this investigation; however, has since been reopened. Police thank the public for their patience and understanding.
Anyone who may have information regarding Revilla and/or Spalding-Poepoe is asked to call Detective John Balberde of the Area I Crime Reduction Unit, at (808) 961-2272 or email at John.Balberde@hawaiicounty.gov.