LIHUE Federal marshals and police have captured a wanted man after a week-long manhunt through the woods and mountains that ended Monday in a wooded area above Wailua.
LIHUE — Federal marshals and police have captured a wanted man after a week-long manhunt through the woods and mountains that ended Monday in a wooded area above Wailua.
The U.S. Marshals Task Force and Kauai police located and arrested 48-year-old Orlando Manguchei, who was wanted on a federal felony arrest warrant for violating the terms and conditions of his supervised release, according to a U.S. Marshals Service press release.
Since the warrant was issued on Oct. 23, Manguchei had been on the run “evading capture by law enforcement traveling back and forth between different parts of Kauai in addition to hiding and living in the mountains,” the news release said.
Throughout the investigation, law enforcement discovered Manguchei was receiving aid from his close associates to prevent capture and to evade law enforcement, and Manguchei’s associates were providing him with shelter, food, supplies, transportation, and other resources.
On March 23, 2017, Manguchei was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment followed by three years of federal supervised release, as a result of his conviction in federal court on three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition.
Manguchei completed his prison sentence and was released from custody on Sept. 24.
U.S. marshals and Kauai police previously arrested Manguchei in March 2014 on a Hawaii state parole arrest warrant following a 23-day manhunt through the woods and mountains of Kauai.
He will be transported back to Oahu to appear in federal court.
