Police Searching for Three Escapees from Hawai‘i Community Correctional Center Hale Nani Facility  

Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating three male escapees from the Hawai’i Community Correctional Center Hale Nani Facility located at 3200 Kanoelehua Avenue, in Hilo, around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024.    

The escapees are:

• Clyde T. Loa, age 31, described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 225 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. 
• Kawai J. Pomroy, age 41, described as 6 feet 2 inches tall, 260 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
• Joseph C. Fernandez, age 35, described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, 195 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. 

All three were last seen at leaving the facility in a gray 2014 Nissan Altima with Hawai‘i License plate number ZCK261. It is unknown what direction they were heading at the time of escape. The stolen vehicle belongs to a civilian facility employee. Police are currently investigating how the inmates obtained the vehicle keys and escaped.

Police are still on the scene and this is an active and ongoing investigation.

Loa was in custody for multiple counts of auto theft and resisting an order to stop a motor vehicle. Pomroy was in custody for abuse of a household or family member. Fernandez was in custody for probation revocation for a firearms violation. 

Police ask anyone with information on the whereabouts of Loa, Pomroy, or Fernandez to contact Lieutenant Grant K. Todd of the Hilo Patrol at (808) 935-3311, or email to grant.todd@hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300.

Pictured from left to right are Clyde Loa with black mustache and long black hair, Kawai Pomroy has brownish-black hair with greyish goatee, and Joseph Fernandez is seen wearing a blue shirt with brown hair.