IN FROM FLORIDA.
NIKKI SCHENFELD HAS AN UPDATE ON
THE CASE. NIKKI?
NIKKI:
CRIMESTOPPERS TELLS ME... ONCE
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS
POSTED ONLINE... A FLOOD OF
CALLS CAME IN.
THE GIRLS WERE SEEN IN THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THE ROYAL
HAWAIIAN HOTEL ON MONDAY NIGHT.
CRIMESTOPPERS AND HPD SHARED THE
VIDEO ON FACEBOOK YESTERDAY AND
IT QUICKLY WENT VIRAL.
SGT. CHRIS KIM/HONOLULU
CRIMESTOPPERS: "I WANT TO SAY
WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS WE
STARTED GETTING A BUNCH OF TIPS
GETTING
POSSIBLE SUSPECT NAMES."
POLICE POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING
THE GIRLS AS TEENAGERS WHO LIVE
ON OAHU.
SGT. CHRIS KIM/HONOLULU
CRIMESTOPPERS: "IM SURE AT THE
TIME THESE JUVENILES PROBABLY
THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY, NOT
REALIZING
HOW MUCH DAMAGE IT WOULD COST
AND ESSENTIALLY AND
UNFORTUNATELY THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS ON THEIR REPUTATION."
THE GIRLS HAVEN'T BEEN ARRESTED
YET BUT POLICE ARE STILL WORKING
THE CASE INITIALLY CLASSIFIED AS
CRIMINAL PROPERTY DEGREE IN THE
SECOND DEGREE...A CLASS
C FELONY.
SGT. CHRIS KIM/HONOLULU
CRIMESTOPPERS: "THEIR ESTIMATING
ROYAL HAWAIIAN FLEW THE ARTIST
BACK IN FROM FLORIDA ON
THURSDAY. HE PUT THE FINAL
TOUCHES TO
HIS WORK THIS AFTERNOON.
SCULPTOR: " ONLY SAND AND WATER,
WE USE LOCAL SAND, IT STAYS
TOGETHER WHEN IT DRIES IT STAYS
KEHAULANI KAM/DIRECTOR OF
CULTURAL SERVICES ROYAL HAWAIIAN
HOTEL: "THIS IS THE FIRST HAND
SCULPTURE THAT THE ROYAL
HAWAIIAN HAS AND SO WE'RE SO
PROUD OF IT BECAUSE THE ROYAL
HAWAIIAN SPEAKS TO THAT RICH
SENSE OF CULTURE AND THAT'S WHAT
MAKES THIS SO IMPORTANT TO US."
THE SCULPTURE REPRESENTING TWO
KEIKI DURING MAKAHIKI SEASON.
KEHAULANI KAM/DIRECTOR OF
CULTURAL SERVICES ROYAL HAWAIIAN
HOTEL: "IN A WAY WHAT HAPPENED
DIFFICULT TO WRAP OUR HEADS
AROUND
WHY SOMEONE WOULD DO THIS."
KEHAULANI KAM/DIRECTOR OF
CULTURAL SERVICES ROYAL HAWAIIAN
HOTEL: " WE WELCOME HER BACK,
BUT WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO IS TO
WORK
WITH US AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
THE HISTORY AND THE DEEP SENSE
OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE OF
HAWAII."
NIKKI:
THE SCULPTOR TELLS ME HE'S BEEN
DOING THIS WORK WORLDWIDE FOR
TWO DECADES.
HE SAID THIS IS THE CRAZIEST ACT
OF SOMEONE DESTROYING HIS WORK
THAT HE'S SEEN. JOE.
JOE:
KAUAI POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE
SECOND KAUAI COMMUNITY
CORRECTIONAL CENTER -
ESCAPEE.
