UPDATE: The U.S. Marshals Service’s Adam Walsh Fugitive Task Force located and apprehended 20 year-old Hans Poouahi, Jr. at a Hanalei Street home in Waianae Thursday afternoon.
Poouahi Jr. was wanted for a $20,000 cash-only state warrant issued on September 6, 2011 by Judge Steven S. Alm for failing to comply with the terms and condition of HOPE Probation with the underlying charge of Escape in the Second Degree.
Officials say in 2005, Poouahi Jr. was only 13 years-old at the time when he was implicated of child abuse that nearly caused the death of a 10 year-old girl.
In February 2005, court documents revealed the abused victim was found on a couch on the lanai of an “Ainaloa home with a cut on her head that was “decomposing and containing maggots.”
"She also had injuries to her upper lip and other areas of her body that showed signs of decomposition.”
The victim also suffered broken bones, dehydration and malnutrition.
A District Court Affidavit indicated a doctor at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children who treated the girl told police that marks on the girl’s body suggested she had been bound, and that “she had several areas of dead tissue about her body as a result of pressure ulcering and burns that appeared to be from a cigarette and cigarette lighter. The girl spent six weeks in a coma recovering from the inflicted injuries.
Poouahi Jr. was convicted as a juvenile and housed at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility until he turned 19 years-old.
Poouahi Jr. was sentenced to Probation and officials say he has since violated the terms and conditions of HOPE Probation.
Officials say his arrest marks his third revocation this year.
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On this edition of Hawaii's Most Wanted we feature a young man who admitted to child abuse and is now wanted on a warrant.
Honolulu police are looking for Hans Poouahi.
"Hans was convicted on the Big Island as a juvenile for abuse," said Sgt. Kim Buffett of CrimeStoppers.
That was in 2007. Poouahi admitted to abusing a young girl who had been staying with his family in Puna.
She had been found with severe injuries and festering wounds.
Poouahi was sentenced to probation.
"On February 28, 2010 at 10:15 a.m., Hans was given a pass to leave the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility where he was supposed to be incarcerated until 19 years old. He was to return at 2:15 p.m. and failed to return. He did return on his own on March 2, 2010 which was several days later and was arrested for escape," Buffett said.
He's now wanted on a $20,000 warrant in connection with that case and for not complying with the terms of HOPE Probation.
Hans Poouahi is 19-years-old, 5'9", 170 pounds.
"He's known to frequent the Waianae area," Buffett says.
If you know where Hans Poouahi is, call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
And the man we featured last weekend was arrested on Monday in Kalihi.
Stephen Xhun was wanted on an $11,000 warrant in connection with a graffiti case.
