Mall security at Prince Kuhio Plaza defused a domestic assault on Dec. 2 that had the potential to become destructive, according to court documents filed by police.
Chris Eblacas, a 24-year-old security shift supervisor at the mall, told police that shortly before 4 p.m. that day, he witnessed an argument between a man and a woman in the parking lot between Tractor Supply Co. and the Macy’s women’s department and called police to report a possible attempted kidnapping.
The victim, a 30-year-old woman, told arriving officers that she was in an argument with her 38-year-old boyfriend, Davin I.K. Feary, which escalated into violence.
According to documents, Feary told the victim, “Bitch, hurry up or it’s going to get worse.”
The woman reportedly told officers that she bent over to put an item in the front passenger seat of Feary’s Toyota Camry when he reached across the car’s interior, aggressively grabbed her by the hair, and began to pull her into the car while accelerating through the parking lot toward Macy’s.
At that point, mall security approached the car, grabbed the victim and pulled her from Feary’s grasp. Feary then got out of the car still-moving car and confronted Eblacas, who took Feary to the ground and detained him, according to documents.
Meanwhile, another security guard, 19-year-old Kalei Wong, intercepted the driverless car, climbed inside and stopped it before it hit any other cars or a building.
Feary was arrested and charged with kidnapping, second-degree terroristic threatening and both felony and misdemeanor domestic abuse.
The victim suffered a blackened right eye and a cut on her forehead. She refused medical attention.
A preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 7, but Feary was indicted by a grand jury that same day and his case was moved from Hilo District Court to Hilo Circuit Court. A bench warrant set his bail at $56,000.
The most serious charge, kidnapping, is a Class A felony punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
Feary has two prior felony convictions and was on probation when the alleged incident occurred.
He also has a prior conviction for domestic abuse, documents state.
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