Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 29-year-old Simon Nicholas Boone of Antelope, California with numerous offenses, including terroristic threatening and assault, stemming from an incident at a Kona store.
On Tuesday, July 11, Kona patrol officers responded to the 75-900 block of Henry Street following a report of a suspicious man holding empty soda boxes on each of his hands as if he were concealing a gun.
Officers located the victim who reported that Boone approached her in the store’s parking lot with his arms extended and his hands covered by the boxes while ordering her to get on the ground. The victim was able to safely make it into the grocery store, however Boone pursued her into the store while intentionally damaging more than $2,500 worth of merchandise as he tried to reach her.
Officers entered the store and observed it to be ransacked with damaged merchandise strewn across the floor. Boone was located and observed to be acting aggressively towards the two officers, swinging an umbrella as if it were a baseball bat.
A struggle ensued between Boone and the officers, during which Boone removed a taser from one of the officer’s duty work belt and deployed probes which struck an officer’s hand and the shin of a female bystander. The officer and bystander sustained minor injuries as a result of the taser deployment.
Boone was then taken into custody and transported to the Kealakehe Police Station for processing.
After conferring with the County Prosecutor’s Office, Boone was charged with the following offenses and his total bail was set at $63,000.
- Two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening
- Second-degree criminal property damage
- Second-degree theft
- Two counts of first-degree assault against a law enforcement officer
- Resist arrest
- Third-degree assault
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Kona Patrol Officer Joshua Stender, via email at Joshua.Stender@hawaiicounty.gov, or at the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.