A 21-year-old Hilo man has been charged with stealing a county bus on Hawaii island.

Kawelo Nakamura was charged Monday with first-degree theft, accident involving vehicle/property damage, first-degree criminal property damage, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and driving without a commercial driver’s license.

He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance today in South Hilo District Court. Nakamura is in custody in lieu of $13,000 bail.

Police responded to a hit-and-run involving the county bus Saturday afternoon on Railroad Avenue in Hilo. No injuries were reported. Police were informed the bus was stolen from the Hilo base yard that morning.

Officers spotted the bus on Route 130 and arrested the driver, later identified as Nakamura, after they stopped the bus in Pahoa.

Anyone with information on the theft is asked to call the police department’s non-emergency number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.