From The Garden Island:

The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney on Tuesday filed charges against two men in a case of alleged theft of rocks and damage to a cultural preserve in Po‘ipu on Kauai’s South Shore.

“This is the first case (of rock theft), I believe, that has ever been prosecuted in the state,” said Koloa resident Theodore Blake, who has been pushing for prosecution of those stealing rocks from heiau and other cultural sites.

Roland Sagum III, a former state representative for Kaua‘i’s Westside, turned himself in on a warrant for theft in the second degree, a class C felony, for his alleged involvement in taking rocks from a historic preserve and heiau site, according to a press release from OPA.

Another warrant has been issued for the arrest of Lealiki Koli for theft in the second degree and criminal property damage in the second degree, both class C felonies, concerning the same incident. Read the full story.

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Photo courtesy John Haro.

—Chad Blair