A retired assistant chief of the Hawaii Police Department was arrested in Kona early Sunday after he allegedly violated a restraining order amid a domestic dispute.

Hawaii County police arrested Mitchell Kanehailua Jr., 57, at about 5:14 a.m. Sunday. Kanehailua Jr. retired in September 2019. He has not been charged.

Kanehailua Jr. is at least the fifth current or former county police officer to be arrested in Hawaii during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a “domestic dispute in the 73-4000 block of Hawaii Belt Road in Kailua-Kona,” according to an HPD press release.

Responding officers contacted the 41-year-old woman who alleged Kanehailua Jr. violated a temporary restraining order she was granted.

The woman alleged that Kanehailua Jr. is her ex-boyfriend who came onto her property and tried to get into the house Sunday.

Kanehailua Jr. was then contacted outside the victim’s residence by a 47-year-old female witness who became a victim after Kanehailua Jr. allegedly “unsuccessfully attempted to strike.”

“Shortly after, he was contacted by several male parties and detained pending officers’ arrival,” according to HPD.

Kanehailua Jr. was placed under arrest for violation of an order of protection and harassment.

He was taken to the Kealakehe Police Station where he remains in custody as detectives with the Area II Juvenile Aid Section continue this investigation.