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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: December 11, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Wanted suspect Jesse Korn now in police custody
KOLOA – Kaua‘i police have arrested the man believed to have sexually assaulted two
adult female victims Sunday morning in Kōloa, ending an islandwide search.
Jesse Korn, age 26 of Kōloa, was arrested shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday at the
Kawailehua Housing on Paaunau Road in Koloa.
Korn was taken into custody without incident and is currently being held in Police
Cellblock with bail set at $500,000.
On Sunday at approximately 6:30 a.m. police responded to Kawailehua Housing after
receiving a report of a suspect, later identified as Korn, who unlawfully entered a unit and
sexually assaulted an adult woman. While police were conducting their investigation, they
received another call at approximately 8 a.m. of a separate sex assault that occurred in another
unit involving a second adult female victim.
Korn was later identified in both assaults. However, he fled the scene on Sunday before
police could detain him.
Kauai patrol officers and detectives, with the assistance of Air 1, continued their search
until he was captured on Monday night.
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