Kona man charged in string of break-ins
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Updated: Apr. 20, 2018 at 3:42 PM HST
Hawaii Island police have charged a 19-year-old man with a laundry list of charges after a string of break-ins in Kona.
Rodney Kahele Jr., of Kona, was charged Thursday with 13 counts, including burglary, theft and promoting a dangerous drug.
Kahele was arrested Wednesday after allegedly breaking into a cash vault at a business on Olowalu Street.
Police subsequently linked him to several other break-ins at businesses in Kona that occurred between April 11 and 17.
His total bail has been set at $117,000.
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