Clifford P. Marler, a homeless 52-year-old Hilo man, has been charged with nine offenses after he allegedly banged into another man twice with a sport-utility vehicle.
Clifford P. Marler, a homeless 52-year-old Hilo man, has been charged with nine offenses after he allegedly banged into another man twice with a sport-utility vehicle.
On Feb. 2 at 7:17 p.m., officers responded to Hilo Medical Center, where a 49-year-old Hilo man told them he’d had been in a discussion with the suspect in the Waiakea Villas parking lot just before 7 p.m. when the suspect reportedly ran into the victim two times with an SUV that didn’t belong to him and then fled the scene.
The victim sustained serious bodily injury and was transferred to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, where he remained until February 25.
Police arrested Marler on Tuesday night and charged him on two bench warrants for contempt of court. His bail for the contempt charges was set at $1,750.
During his arrest, he was found to be in possession of a syringe loaded with a substance believed to be heroin. He was held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives continued to investigate the SUV incident and drug offenses.
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Marler was charged with auto theft, first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangering, leaving the scene of an accident involving substantial bodily injury, failure to render aid, promoting a dangerous drug and possessing drug paraphernalia.
His bail for those offenses was set at $76,000, and his initial court appearance was scheduled for Thursday.