Maui Police requesting assistance regarding whereabouts of escaped prisoner from MCCC
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MAUI COUNTY, HI (KITV ) — One pre-trial detainee has escaped from the Maui Community Correctional Center on Thursday night.
Preliminary reports indicate 27-year-old John Kahalehoe escaped from Dorm 2, scaled the fence and ran into a cemetery next to the facility. It happened around 7:10 p.m. on Thursday.
Staff chased him through the cemetery but lost sight of him in a construction area. Maui Police were called to assist in the search. A lockdown was ordered for Dorm 2 during the search and lifted at 8:25 p.m.
Kahalehoe is 5’6” tall and weighs 150 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. Kahalehoe is awaiting trial for Unauthorized Entry into a Motor Vehicle, Theft 2, Theft 3 Burglary 1, Promotion of a Dangerous Drug, Credit Card Forgery, and Criminal Property Damage.
Kahalehoe faces an escape charge when found.
He was last seen on Thursday at 7:03 p.m. near Waiinu Road wearing a brown shirt and orange pants.
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