Hawai‘i police have charged 44-year-old Jacob Walter Umemoto, of Hilo, with abuse family household member and various firearm offenses following a domestic-related incident with his 17-year-old daughter while at a residence on Hookina Place, in Hilo, on Friday evening, December 9, 2022.
The charges against Umemoto stem from a domestic-type incident reported shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday, when Hilo patrol officers contacted Umemoto’s 17-year-old daughter at an apartment complex on Waianuenue Avenue in Hilo. She reported that she was struck on her face by her father and placed in a neck choke hold causing her to nearly lose consciousness.
Unrelated to the domestic incident, the juvenile reported that on the same evening her father was in possession of a silver colored revolver-type firearm. Umemoto is prohibited from possessing a firearm and/or ammunition. A loaded firearm was located during the execution of a search warrant related to this investigation.
At 9:30 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2022, after conferring with the County Prosecutor’s Office, detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section charged Umemoto with:
- Abuse family household member
- Aggravated Abuse family household member
- Ownership/possession of a firearm prohibited
- Ownership/possession of ammunition prohibited
- Ownership/possession of ammunition prohibited
Umemoto was also arrested on a U.S. District Court warrant for arrest on a probation/supervised release violation issued by a U.S District Court judge. His total bail for the Hawai‘i County offenses is $90,000. There is no bail for the U.S. District Court warrant of arrest.
Police ask anyone who may have information regarding this incident to contact the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311 or contact Detective Richard Itliong at (808) 961-2278 or via email at richard.itliong@hawaiicounty.gov.