Police tonight charged Daniel Ngatuvai with first-degree burglary, resisting arrest, and assault on a police officer.

His bail was set at $75,000. 

Ngatuvai, 30, was earlier described as a person of interest in at least three burglaries between Kaaawa and Laie.

Plainclothes officers identified him through fingerprints, witnesses, and behavioral patterns, said Sgt. Kimo Smith of the Windward district.

According to police, Ngatuvai, who has no local address, was known to frequent friends’ homes, and plainclothes officers saturated the area when he popped up.

He struggled with officers and punched an officer in the face after they located him at 7 a.m. Tuesday at Kukuna Road and Kamehameha Highway, Smith said. Both the officer and Ngatuvai were treated at Kahuku Hospital.

Police arrested him in connection with the burglary of a 46-year-old man’s home, where several items were taken on Oct. 18. The other cases are pending.