Suspect charged over 2 Kaneohe burglaries

Prosecutors charged a 30-year-old man who allegedly burglarized two homes in Kaneohe and then led police on a nearly five-hour manhunt before he was taken into custody Friday.

Eric Silva of Kaneohe was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree burglary and one count of second-degree criminal trespassing. His bail was set at $50,000.

Silva’s arraignment is scheduled to be held Thursday in Judge Colette Garibaldi’s courtroom at Circuit Court.

Police said Silva burglarized a home on Bayview Haven Place and another on Puuohalai Place.

Patrol officers responding to a call about a burglary in progress at 7:35 a.m. Friday said they saw a suspect and gave chase, but the suspect managed to get away and fled behind homes near the hillside.

Police established a perimeter and deployed a helicopter, members of the Specialized Services Division and search dogs to scour the hill. Plainclothes officers of the Crime Reduction Unit were also posted at side streets within the perimeter.

Silva was found at about 12:30 p.m. behind Healani Gardens, a town home subdivision on Ikeanani Drive, and arrested.

He has a criminal record of 16 convictions that include burglary, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, promotion of a detrimental drug, drug paraphernalia, fraudulent use of a credit card, theft and revocation or modification of probation.