Kona man allegedly tries to take officer’s gun, threatened his life while being arrested

A 32-year-old Kailua-Kona man faces several charges, including terroristic threatening, after allegedly threatening someone in the parking lot of a Kona shopping center and while being arrested tried to take an officer’s firearm and threatened his life.

Hawai‘i County prosecuting attorney’s office reports Steven Erik Michael Lindquist is charged with:

• 2 counts of first-degree terroristic threatening (Count 1: with a dangerous instrument, a simulated firearm; Count 2: terrorizing a public servant).
• First-degree attempted theft (theft of a firearm).
• Resisting arrest.

Lindquist made his initial appearance Friday morning, March 20, in Kona District Court. His bail was maintained at $93,000 and he was ordered to appear again Monday, March 23, for a preliminary hearing.

First-degree attempted theft is a Class B felony punishable by either 10 years in prison or 4 years probation and up to 18 months in jail. First-degree terroristic threatening is a Class C felony that carries either a 5-year prion term or 4 years probation and up to 1 year in jail.

Hawai‘i Police Department reports Lindquist was arrested and charged following a March 18 incident. He allegedly brandished what later was determined to be a .22-caliber pellet gun and threatening another person in the parking lot at Keauhou Shopping Center in Keauhou.

Kona Patrol officers located him a short time later and he was arrested, during which Lindquist reportedly tried to take an officer’s firearm and threatened the officer’s life.

The case was initiated by Hawai‘i Police Department Kona Patrol and felony investigation was led by Hawai‘i Police Department Area I Criminal Investigation Section Detective Joel Furuto.

Hawai‘i County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Kate Perazich is prosecuting the case.