Police Charge Big Island Prison Escapee

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Our media partner KITV has this report. Excerpt:

HILO, Hawaii —Big Island police have charged a 21-year-old Pepe’ekeo woman in connection with an escape from a Hilo correctional facility.

At 5:32 p.m. Sunday, after conferring with prosecutors, detectives charged Shaylyn Momi Araw with second-degree escape.

Her bail was set at $10,000. She was scheduled to make her initial court appearance Monday afternoon. …

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Photo courtesy KITV.

—Chad Blair

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