Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen announced that 32 year-old Logan Arruda-Lorenzo was charged in relation to three incidents, the theft of a Jeep Wrangler originally reported stolen from the gravel parking lot of the Grand Naniloa Hotel Golf Course on March 4, 2024, the theft of a second Jeep Wrangler from the same parking lot originally reported stolen on March 19, 2020, and a resisting an order to stop and excessive speeding case which occurred on March 20, 2024.
Arruda-Lorenzo made his initial appearance in Hilo District Court on Monday afternoon. His total bail was set at $282,000.00 and he was ordered to appear for preliminary hearings on March 28, 2024 and April 4, 2024.
As the first Complaint alleges, Arruda-Lorenzo was charged with Theft in the First Degree (theft of a motor vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler), Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree, Habitual Property Crime, Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree (possess any amount of methamphetamine), and Driving Without a License.
As the second Complaint alleges, Arruda-Lorenzo was charged with Theft in the First Degree (theft of a motor vehicle, a Jeep Wrangler), Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree, Habitual Property Crime, Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree (possess over one-eighth of an ounce of methamphetamine), Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree (possess any amount of methamphetamine), Ownership or Possession Prohibited (possess a .22 caliber firearm), Ownership or Possession of Ammunition Prohibited, Manufacturing, Purchasing, or Obtaining Firearm Parts to Assemble a Firearm Having No Serial Number, and Driving Without a License.
As the third Complaint alleges, Arruda-Lorenzo was charged with Resisting Order to Stop in the First Degree, Driving Without a License, and two counts of Excessive Speeding.
The most serious offenses, Theft in the First Degree, Ownership or Possession Prohibited, and Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree, are all class B felony offenses which carries a maximum penalty of a ten-year prison term.
If convicted as charged, Prosecutors have provided notice that Arruda-Lorenzo is subject to a mandatory prison term and will not be eligible for probation.