Maui authorities seek public’s help in locating suspected felon
Law enforcement is seeking the public’s help in locating a pre-trial felon who failed to return to Maui Community Correctional Center Monday.
Richard Kealoha-Kaauwai, 27, was released from the correctional facility Friday after he was issued a court-ordered, temporary three-day release to address a personal matter.
Maui police and state sheriffs were notified after he failed to return Monday afternoon.
Kealoha-Kaauwai is 5 feet 6 inches tall, 145 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He is awaiting trial for abuse of a family or household member and promoting a dangerous drug in the third-degree.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or sheriffs at 586-1352.