A 31-year-old Naalehu man has been arrested for first-degree robbery after a violent crime spree in Volcano on Saturday afternoon, according to the Hawaii County Police Department.
At 4:43 p.m., police received multiple calls about a reckless driver heading Hilo-bound on Highway 11 within the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. The suspect was allegedly driving a stolen white Dodge pickup truck, forcing oncoming vehicles off the roadway and causing several traffic collisions.
A 62-year-old woman reported that her Hummer H3 had been carjacked at gunpoint near Highway 11 and Luna Ikena Road.
No comment from authorities.
Author's summary: Man arrested after carjacking spree.