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Honolulu police and National Park Service officials arrested five men and a woman Friday for allegedly targeting late-model Dodge Chargers at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center parking lot, breaking into them and stealing items.
Jherico K. Acob, Raygie Mendoza Gano, Micah Scott Lyon, Mark Retotal, Shawn Sibayan and Jennifer Amber Tubera appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiracy and unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang granted Lyon, Sibayan and Tubera release on unsecured signature bond pending trial.
Acob, Gano and Retotal remain in custody pending detention hearings Friday. The government has filed requests to deny them bail.
Gano is on supervised release in two state criminal cases — one for auto theft and one for burglary. He is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.
Retotal is also free on supervised release as he awaits trial in state court on charges of two car break-ins and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
THE government did not ask the court to order Lyon to remain in custody without the opportunity for bail. Lyon is awaiting trial in state court for two separate burglaries. He posted $50,000 bail in one case and $75,000 bail in the other.
A federal grand jury last week returned the indictment, which was unsealed Tuesday. It alleges the six defendants were responsible for breaking into and stealing items from three Dodge Chargers in February and March. The indictment said the defendants targeted Dodge Chargers because that model is easy to break into and it is probable that visitors leave valuable property in cars when visiting the memorial, which has restrictions on what it will allow visitors to bring onto the grounds.
A Honolulu Police Department spokeswoman said HPD does not track car break-ins by make and model. However, she said the Charger is a popular model among both visitors and residents and that the department has had many reports of break-ins involving that model.