A Hilo man has been charged with six offenses in connection with an encounter involving a handgun and a machete.
A Hilo man has been charged with six offenses in connection with an encounter involving a handgun and a machete.
At 11:49 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a weapons incident at a home on the 1100 block of Ainaola Drive in Hilo.
A 59-year-old man reported that an unknown man had entered his home with a handgun in one hand and a machete in the other and then pointed the gun at the victim and ordered him into the victim’s pickup truck. When the victim’s dog barked, the intruder fled on foot.
About 40 minutes later, police found the suspect, 36-year-old Richard Mattos Jr. of Hilo, at a home on the next block. Officers recovered a loaded .22 caliber revolver and a machete.
Mattos was arrested and taken to the Hilo police cellblock. He was charged today with first-degree burglary, first-degree terroristic threatening, unlawful imprisonment and three firearms offenses. His bail was set at $145,000.
He remains at the cellblock pending his initial court appearance scheduled for Friday.