A 31-year-old Kailua-Kona man has been charged with 11 offenses in a December robbery. A 31-year-old Kailua-Kona man has been charged with 11 offenses in a December robbery. ADVERTISING On Dec. 16, police responded to a 7:30 p.m. report of
A 31-year-old Kailua-Kona man has been charged with 11 offenses in a December robbery.
On Dec. 16, police responded to a 7:30 p.m. report of a robbery. Officers determined that the victim, a 36-year-old Ocean View man, was confronted by the suspect as the victim was coming out of a garage access area at Kona Plaza in downtown Kailua-Kona. The suspect grabbed cash from the victim’s hand and ran away.
The victim chased the suspect to the parking lot of Coconut Grove Marketplace, where the suspect began striking the victim repeatedly with a metal chain, causing minor injuries. The victim was able to take the chain from the suspect, and the suspect ran away.
After investigation, police arrested Jacob DeMasters on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, DeMasters was charged with robbery, assault and theft. He was also charged with three counts of promoting a dangerous drug, two counts of promoting a harmful drug, one count of marijuana possession and two counts of possessing drug paraphernalia for items that were in the car he was in at the time of his arrest.
DeMasters was held at the Kona police cellblock in lieu of $18,750 bail until his initial court appearance on Thursday.
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