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Posted: Monday, May 28th, 2012 4:06 PM HST

Man charged with kidnapping

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

A Kona man has been charged with kidnapping and other offenses brought to light during a shoplifting investigation. Police last Tuesday were dispatched to a chain store on Mak`ala Street where a 29-year old Kona man and a 21-year old Kona woman were being detained for shoplifting. Officers learned that the pair had entered the home of a 23-year old Volcano man, demanded drugs, threatened him and drove him to the store, where he got away, told police what had happened and that the male assailant had used his name when apprehended. Dane Frank Kendrick was charged with shoplifting, terroristic threatening, kidnapping, and promoting a dangerous drug. He missed his initial court appearance on Friday due to treatment for an undisclosed condition at Hilo Medical Center. His accomplice, Angelea Maldonado was charged with shoplifting