Police have charged 44-year-old Jacob Walter Umemoto of Hilo with abuse of family household member and various firearm offenses following a domestic-related incident Friday with his 17-year-old daughter while at a residence on Hookina Place.
Police have charged 44-year-old Jacob Walter Umemoto of Hilo with abuse of family household member and various firearm offenses following a domestic-related incident Friday with his 17-year-old daughter while at a residence on Hookina Place.
The charges Umemoto stem from a domestic incident reported shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday, when Hilo patrol officers contacted Umemoto’s 17-year-old daughter at an apartment complex on Waianuenue Avenue in Hilo.
She reported that she was struck on her face by her father and placed in a neck choke hold, causing her to nearly lose consciousness, according to police.
Unrelated to the domestic incident, the juvenile also reported that on the same evening, her father was in possession of a silver-colored revolver-type firearm.
Umemoto is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
A loaded firearm was located during the execution of a search warrant.
Umemoto on Monday was
charged with abuse of a family household member, aggravated abuse of a family household member, and possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Umemoto also was arrested on a U.S. District Court warrant for arrest on a probation/supervised release violation issued by a U.S District Court judge. His total bail for the Hawaii County offenses is $90,000.
There is no bail for the U.S. District Court warrant of arrest.
Police ask anyone who may have information regarding this incident to contact the police department’s nonemergency number at (808) 935-3311 or contact Detective Richard Itliong at (808) 961-2278 or via email at richard.itliong@hawaiicounty.gov.
