Early yesterday morning, a Hilo couple found themselves under the heavy hand of the law, according to a report from local authorities. Dillon Royden Daimen Revilla, 31, and Latoya-Lynn Pilialoha Spalding-Poepoe, 33, were arrested at a residence on the 600 block of Ponahawai Street following an early morning execution of a search warrant by the Hawaii Island police as mentioned on Nixle.
The execution that involved the department’s Special Response Team, Crisis Negotiators, and other units resulted in charges that include unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and terroristic threatening for Revilla, and unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle for Spalding-Poepoe. With multiple warrants for their arrest, the two faced a litany of allegations, which were connected to a series of vehicle theft investigations and an abuse incident.
After conferring with the Hawai’i County Prosecutors Office yesterday at around 11:00 a.m., the charges against Revilla mounted to a bail of $134,000. These charges encompassed a range of offenses from habitually committing property crime to abuse of a family or household member. Spalding-Poepoe, hit with a total bail of $31,900, faced her own set of charges related to property crime and violations of release conditions.
During the bust, which closed off a section of Ponahawai Street and surely disrupted yesterday morning calm, no injuries were reported among Revilla, Spalding-Poepoe, other tenants, or police personnel—everyone involved, as if respecting some unspoken code of the early hours, emerged physically unscathed. After about 90 minutes, the street reopened, and life in Hilo resumed its usual rhythms.
Police, in their continuous effort to piece together these incidents, are reaching out to the public for further information. Detective John Balberde of the Area I Crime Reduction Unit, whose name surfaced in the unwinding narrative, invites anyone with knowledge to come forward. He can be reached at (808) 961-2272 or via email at [email protected], welcoming any piece of the puzzle that might cement the narrative of these crimes and their actors.
