Full Notification

<p>Hawaiʻi Police Department<br />
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I<br />
Lieutenant Gregory Esteban<br />
Phone: 961-2252<br />
Report No. C16024418</p>

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Media Release

<p>A Puna woman has been charged with three firearms offenses in connection with the discharge of a weapon in the Fern Forest subdivision.</p>

<p>On Monday afternoon (September 12), a 52-year-old Mountain View man reported that he arrived at his home on Ala Naualani Road and, while opening his gate, heard a gunshot from behind.&nbsp; When he turned around, he saw a woman with a rifle pointed in his direction.&nbsp; The woman then ran from the area.</p>

<p>Police investigation led to the identity of the suspect as 53-year-old Denise Slusser of Mountain View. Police located her at her home in the same subdivision.&nbsp; She was arrested and taken to the Hilo Police cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continued investigation.</p>

<p>At 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Slusser was charged with second-degree reckless endangering, first-degree terroristic threatening and place to keep a firearm.&nbsp; Her bail was set at $7,500.</p>

<p>She remained in the cellblock pending her initial court appearance scheduled for Thursday (September 13).</p>
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