A Waimea woman has been charged with five offenses related to a stolen rental car and a stolen personal van.
A Waimea woman has been charged with five offenses related to a stolen rental car and a stolen personal van.
On May 11, a Nissan Altima was stolen from a rental car company on Kupipi Street in Kailua-Kona.
On Wednesday, officers spotted it traveling north on Kealakaa Street in Kailua-Kona. Officers attempted to stop the woman driving it, but she continued at a high rate of speed into a school zone and a residential area, police said.
The car was located a short time later parked on the 74-1200 block of Ililoa Street, where officers arrested 33-year-old Elaine Nicole Abbot on suspicion of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. She was taken to the Kona police cellblock while detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section continued the investigation.
Investigation determined that Abbott was also a suspect in the theft of a Chevrolet Uplander from the 65-1200 block of Opelu Road in Waimea on May 5.
On Friday, Abbot was charged with two counts of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and one count each of resisting an order to stop, reckless driving and driving without a license.
Her bail was set at $5,500 and she remains at the cellblock pending her initial court appearance scheduled for Monday.