(BIVN) – A California man was arrested following a Tuesday morning incident at a residence on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. 

43-year-old Jerry Rosales of Carson, California, was charged with first-degree burglary and domestic related offenses. According to the Hawaiʻi Police Department:

At 5:28 a.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a domestic incident call from a witness who heard an argument within a residence on Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. The witness entered the residence and observed Rosales push the victim onto the bed, get on top of her, and threaten her with a knife. Rosales fled the residence and was located by officers in the garage of a neighboring house. Officers located the knife on Rosales, and determined he is the victim’s ex-boyfriend who was in town for a family event.

In the course of their investigation, detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section determined that Rosales entered the victim’s house through a bedroom window, struck her on her leg with a closed fist punch, and covered her mouth and nose with his hand restricting her ability to breath. Rosales also damaged the victim’s cell phone when she attempted to make a call for help.

Detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section charged Rosales with the following offenses:

• First-degree burglary
• First-degree terroristic threatening
• Abuse of a family household member (strangulation)
• Abuse of a family household member
• Third-degree criminal property damage

His bail was set at $123,000.

Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact Detective Patrick Aurello of the Area I Juvenile Aid Section, at (808) 961-8810, or via email at patrick.aurello@hawaiicounty.gov.