In accordance with Colorado law the Colorado Springs Police Department is notifying the community that Larry Kaualeni Abenes will be on supervised release, parole, and has moved to an address in Colorado Springs. Abenes is a sex offender whose past behavior has led him to be labeled as a “Sexually Violent Predator” (SVP) by the Colorado Courts. Accordingly, the Colorado Springs Police Department has made “community notification” as required by law and undertaken the following tasks, among others:
- Notified the Colorado Department of Public Safety’s Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) Notification Team.
- Reviewed and confirmed Abenes’s residence, employment, access to vehicles, legal status, and past crimes.
- Made notifications to neighbors and businesses deemed to be in the immediate area.
- Briefed patrol personnel on Abenes’s status, history, appearance, residence, employment and vehicles.
- Notified surrounding law enforcement agencies.
- Provided an online video that describes the SVP community notification process, SVP information and additional resources for the community.
- Online SVP Community Notification video at: www.coloradosprings.gov. Click on Public Safety then click on Police.
The Colorado Springs Police Department will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that Abenes registers as a sex offender and that he understands his responsibilities as such.
Abenes’s criminal history reveals that in El Paso County, Colorado, he was convicted in 2006 of Sexual Assault on a Child by One in a Position of Trust- Victim Under 15, and Aggravated Incest. Prior to that, in 1985 he was also convicted in Kohala County, Hawaii, of Second-Degree Sodomy (2 counts), and Second-Degree Sexual Abuse.
Abenes is currently registered as living at Community Correction facility “Embrave” at 3950 N Nevada Ave. He is described as being an Asian/Pacific Islander male, 61 years old, 5’7” tall, 176lbs, with black hair and brown eyes.
Abenes is one of twenty-one (21) “Sexually Violent Predators” currently registered with the Colorado Springs Police Department who reside in this community. The Colorado Springs Police Department takes his presence in our community very seriously and is intent on insuring he conducts himself in a lawful manner and that our citizens remain safe and aware.
Anyone with further questions about this SVP and this Community Notification process can contact Detective J.R. Brown of the Colorado Springs Police Department Registered Sex Offender Unit at 719-444-7672.