Dillon Revilla of Honomu and Michael Perreira-Thompson of Mountain View (both age 30) were arrested and charged in relation to the October 17 theft of an Acura Integra from a Hilo parking lot.

As the Complaint alleges, Revilla and Perreira-Thompson were both charged with Theft in the First Degree (obtained or exerted unauthorized control over another person’s motor vehicle), and Unauthorized Control of a Propelled Vehicle in the First Degree. The more serious charge, Theft in the First Degree, is a class B felony offense which carries a penalty of either a ten-year prison term or four years probation and up to eighteen months in jail.

The charges are merely allegations and the Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The case was initiated by South Hilo Patrol while the felony investigation was handled by the Hawaiʻi County Police Department’s Crime Reduction Unit, Area I Criminal Investigation Section,

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Soong

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