COURTESY HPD Antonio Vierra, 70. Vierra has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
COURTESY HPD Antonio Vierra, 70. Vierra has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
A 70-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with an Aug. 23 fire in Kunia, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
HPD’s Criminal Investigation Division’s Major Crimes Detail secured an arrest warrant for Antonio Vierra, the suspected arsonist of the Aug. 23 Kunia fire.
At 8 :55 a.m., HPD’s Strategic Enforcement Detail arrested Vierra near North Kukui Street and Nuuanu Avenue on suspicion of second-degree arson.
His bail is set at $50, 000.
It is not immediately clear if Vierra is a suspect in other that burned hundreds of acres and sparked evacuations.
On Aug. 13, HPD put out a plea asking for help finding a man who allegedly started a brush fire in the Kunia Loa Ridge Farmlands community at about 9 :30 p.m.
A witness saw the man standing near the brush before setting it on fire. He then fled in a dark-colored four-door sedan of unknown make, model and license plate.
The man is described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a stocky build. According to police, HPD and HFD responded to three brush fire calls in Kunia between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13.
Police for an arsonist who started a fire in Kunia on Aug. 19 that burned more than 600 acres and sparked evacuations.
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