The search for a Honolulu police officer who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl Tuesday night, ended Wednesday when police apprehended the 37-year-old on the North Shore.
Officer Jessie Laconsay, a Kapolei resident, was arrested at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault after police spotted his police-subsidized white Dodge in Mokuleia near the Mokuleia Army Beach across from Dillingham Airfield.
The victim is a juvenile and known to Laconsay, a police source told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
Laconsay, a 10-year Honolulu Police Department veteran, is a patrol officer assigned to District 4, which covers the Windward area from Kahuku to Waimanalo, spokeswoman Michelle Yu said. He has been placed on unpaid administrative leave.
HPD’s Professional Standards Office is conducting both criminal and administrative investigations in the alleged crime, a Class B felony. Laconsay remained in police custody Wednesday and had not been charged.
Yu would not say whether the victim was an adult or a juvenile, a stranger or acquaintance; or the day, time or general location or circumstance of the alleged crime, as is typically provided by police in a highlight of a felony crime, including sexual assault cases.
Yu, however, said the media do not see highlights of all crimes.
HPD issued a news release at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday asking for the public’s help in finding an off-duty officer who may be driving a white Dodge Charger, license plate number SVD 631.
In less than an hour, HPD issued a second news release saying police had arrested the officer.
However, a news report said the manhunt for Laconsay began 12 hours earlier, and that the sexual assault occurred at 6 p.m. Tuesday and was reported at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said after Laconsay was arrested, he was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. A news report said he had cuts to his wrist.
Yu said she would not comment on the details of the case because there is an ongoing investigation.
In a Sept. 15, 2011, Star-Advertiser article, Laconsay was quoted as saying of fellow officer Eric Fontes, who was killed in a crash: “He brought me back to faith because he’s a God-fearing man. Sometimes we’re too busy helping others we forget that we need to help ourselves.”
