Sidney Campbell, Firearms Theft, Hawaii 2025

HONOLULU, HI – Mayhem in the Aloha State: A convicted felon has been arrested and charged with stealing multiple firearms from a storage locker in Pearl City, Hawaii.

Sidney Campbell, 45, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was charged yesterday by criminal complaint with illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson.

According to the criminal complaint, Campbell possessed a loaded firearm and ammunition on May 15, 2025, and transferred them to another person that same day. Campbell was previously convicted of burglary in the first degree in 2001 and has six prior felony convictions in the State of Hawaii, making him forbidden by federal law from possessing firearms.

The complaint also alleges that on October 25, 2025, Campbell broke into a storage locker in Pearl City and stole firearms and ammunition. After the break-in, on October 27, 2025, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified Campbell on surveillance video breaking into the storage locker.

Upon arrest, Campbell admitted to the break-in and provided information that led FBI to recover three pistols, six rifles, and various gun parts including barrels, magazines, firing bolts, and two suppressors.

Campbell faces up to fifteen years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted of the charged offense. The charge in the criminal complaint is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Honolulu Police Department, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the federal government to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

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