State of Hawaii

06/13/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/14/2024 02:01

**UPDATE** News Release – Missing Laumaka work furlough inmate apprehended, returned to custody

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION

KA 'OIHANA HOʻOMALU KALAIMA A HOʻOPONOPONO OLA

JOSH GREEN, M.D.

GOVERNOR

KE KIAʻĀINA

TOMMY JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

KA LUNA HO'OKELE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2024

UPDATE: Missing Laumaka work furlough inmate apprehended, returned to custody

HONOLULU - Laumaka work furlough inmate Rinaldo Torres was returned to custody at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) at approximately 12:45 p.m. today, June 13, 2024, after state sheriffs apprehended him in the Diamond Head area.

He may face a second-degree escape charge that's punishable by up to five years in prison, if convicted.

Torres, 61, had failed to return to the Laumaka Furlough Center by 4:30 p.m. Monday, June 10, 2024. Sheriffs and Honolulu police were notified.

Director Tommy Johnson of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) thanked the Sheriff Division - Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) for their assistance.

Torres is serving time for first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery and terroristic threatening.

He is a community custody inmate in the work furlough program with pass privileges. Community custody is the lowest classification status.

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Media Contact:

Rosemarie Bernardo
Public Information Officer
Hawai'i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office: 808-587-1358
Cell: 808-683-5507
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://dcr.hawaii.gov