Mountain View Man Charged Following Puna Armed Standoff
Hawai’i Island police charged 35-year-old Joseph Diego Soares with a number of offenses following an hours-long armed stand
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Hawai’i Island police charged 35-year-old Joseph Diego Soares with a number of offenses following an hours-long armed stand
After conferring with the Hawai’i County prosecutor’s office Friday, detectives with the Hawai’i Police Department’s Area I Criminal Investigation Section charged 35-year-old Joseph Diego Soares with several offenses including first-degree reckless endangering, third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and other firearms offenses.
Joseph Diego Soares was taken into custody, and the loaded pistol in his possession was safely recovered, Hawaiʻi Island police said.
Investigators said an armed fugitive threatened to fire shots at police, leading to an armed standoff in Lincoln on Wednesday morning.
Gary police officers responded to a home to assist Gary Fire Department with "a potentially violent subject in need of medical care."