Two Los Angeles vacationers have been arrested Tuesday lunchtime for importing pretend paperwork to the Hawaii Protected Travels portal in an try to avoid the state’s journey quarantine laws.
Lazar Hayward Jr., 34, and Raven Randle, 33, of California, traveled to Lihue Airport on an American Airways direct flight from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport. Each vacationers had registered their journey on the Hawaii Protected Travels portal and uploaded pretend unfavorable COVID-19 take a look at paperwork into the system.
The paperwork have been flagged by the Protected Travels software. Hawaii Journey Management officers with the Hawaii Nationwide Guard and Roberts Hawaii then alerted the Legal professional Common’s Investigation Division, together with the Kauai Emergency Administration Company and officers from the Kauai Police Division.
The Legal professional Common’s Investigation Division performed a radical investigation and labored with the Kauai Police Division who arrested the 2 folks.
“The Legal professional Common appreciates your partnership with the Kauaʿi Police and the Kauaʿi Emergency Administration Company and appreciates their collaboration in implementing COVID-19 guidelines and efforts to maintain the Kauaʿi communities secure,” mentioned the lawyer normal’s particular assistant Gary Yamashiroya.
After Hayward and Randle have been booked for the offenses, they have been launched pending investigation and returned to Lihue Airport, the place they caught a direct flight again to Los Angeles.
A court docket date has not but been set.
“These arrests underscore the continued efforts amongst lawyer normal investigators, different state officers and regulation enforcement within the county to maintain Hawaii secure,” mentioned Mark Begley, assistant director of the Patrol Companies Bureau. “We’d additionally wish to thank the overwhelming majority of our guests and residents who respect and comply with the protection protocols that apply throughout their journey to Hawaii.”
