A Hilo man faces an array of charges stemming from an incident that included him threatening police with the coronavirus.
At approximately 9:45 a.m. Thursday, South Hilo patrol officers arrested a male party in the parking lot of the South Hilo police station. The suspect has been identified as Gregory Storm, a 53-year-old man from Hilo. Storm wanted for resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle case that occurred earlier in the day, a police report said.
While being taken into custody, Storm told the arresting officers he had the COVID-19 virus and coughed intentionally in their face. The suspect was subsequently transported to Hilo Medical Center for minor injuries where he was treated and released.
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The suspect was examined by Hawai‘i Fire Department medics and Hilo Medical Center staff, each of whom determined there were no symptoms of the COVID-19-virus. It is not believed Storm actually carried the virus.
The suspect was charged Thursday afternoon with resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle, driving without a valid driver’s license, reckless endangering in the second degree, prohibited acts during emergency management, two counts of terroristic threatening in the second degree and no-fault insurance.
Storm is currently being held at the East Hawaiʻi Detention Facility in lieu of $3,025 bail.
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