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Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 29-year-old Mason D. Beck who is wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery reported to have occurred this past Wednesday (March 15) in Pāhoa.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a burglary January 16 at a county office off Pāhoa Village Road. Patrick Iwanu Hanato of Pāhoa was arrested Tuesday (February 14) and charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft. His bail was set at $20,000.

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MEDIA RELEASE HawaiÊ»i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying two men who may be responsible for a reported burglary January 16 at a county office off Pāhoa Village Road. Suspect No.1 is described as a local male, between 40 -55 years old, 180-190 pounds, between 5-foot-10” and 6’-feet tall, […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Pāhoa girl who was reported missing. Lehua Muranaka-Walton was last seen in Pāhoa on September 23. She is described as Caucasian 5-foot-1, 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 33-year-old Pāhoa man who is wanted on outstanding warrants. Shannon Kaleo Navor is described as 5-foot-6, about 205 pounds with brown eyes and short black hair. He wanted is wanted on three warrants for violating terms of probation. He is also wanted for […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a reported burglary in Pāhoa over the weekend. At 2:14 p.m. Monday (January 16), Puna patrol officers responded to an active burglary at a county office off Pāhoa Village Road. A 64-year-old woman reported that she encountered two men in the building who were portraying themselves as maintenance workers. As […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are seeking witnesses to the start of a fire Monday (January 16) in Pāhoa. The fire started just after midnight Monday at a vacant business at 15-2948 Pāhoa Government Road next to Luquin’s restaurant in Pāhoa town. Police do not suspect foul play. They ask anyone who saw or heard the start […]

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Fire/rescue responded to a 12:03 a.m. alarm Monday (Jan 16) to a structure fire in Pahoa at a complex of three buildings housing Luquin’s Mexican Restaurant, the Akebono Theater and a pawn shop in Pahoa.

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“Makahiki” is the theme for the 26th Annual Pahoa Holiday slated for Saturday, Dec. 3. “We wanted to highlight the Hawaiian season of focusing on the bounty of the land,” said Mainstreet Pahoa Association’s holiday parade committee chairman Henry Brazil. Parade organizers hope entrants offer their interpretations of Makahiki, emphasizing offerings to alii, feasting, and […]

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A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 13 felony and misdemeanor offenses in connection with a sexual assault in Hilo on Monday morning (October 3). After conferring with the HawaiÊ»i Island Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, detectives charged Patrick Noah Torres of Pāhoa with two counts of misdemeanor custodial interference, two counts of […]

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Police are seeking a suspect in a reported robbery that occurred early Tuesday (September 20) morning in the Pahoa area. At about 2:23 am, police received a report from a 19-year-old Pahoa man who reported that shortly after 1:00 am, while he was walking near the intersection of Route 130 and the Pahoa Village Road, […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police have located 38-year-old Mary Jane Anderson, of Pāhoa, who was reported missing. She was located in Pāhoa on Thursday evening (September 1).

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Hawaiʻi Island police have located 17-year-old Aleah March of Illinois, who was reported missing. She was found Tuesday evening (August 30) in Pāhoa.

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Two men are being held on charges after being arrested for allegedly stealing avocados from an orchard in Puna. In response to a 4:45 p.m. call Wednesday, Puna District officers learned that the owner of an orchard off Highway 132 in the Kapoho area had confronted two men and a woman in a pickup truck […]

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