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Big Island police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the robbery of two tourists at a coffee processing company in Kealakekua on June 11. Matthew A. Alani, 18, of Captain Cook was arrested in Kailua-Kona at 9:20 a.m. Thursday (July 8). After conferring with prosecutors, detectives released him at 12:50 p.m. pending further […]

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Big Island police have arrested a juvenile in connection with the robbery of two tourists at a coffee processing company in Kealakekua on June 11. The 17-year-old Hōnaunau boy was arrested in Honoka’a on Tuesday morning (June 29) on suspicion of first-degree robbery and second-degree attempted robbery for robbing a 63-year-old Tennessee man and his […]

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A 24-year-old man has been charged with six offenses in connection with a robbery late Wednesday (June 23) at a vacation rental home in Kailua-Kona. At 3 p.m. Friday (June 25) police charged Zackariah Weimer of Kailua-Kona with second-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, third-degree theft, theft of a credit card and unauthorized entry into […]

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At 4 p.m. Friday (June 11), Kona patrol officers responded to a coffee processing company on Napoopoo Road, where a 63-year-old Tennessee man and his 58-year-old wife reported that they had been walking on a tour path when two local men in their early 20s confronted them.

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Big Island police are investigating a robbery Saturday night (May 22) in Kailua-Kona. A 67-year-old Kailua-Kona woman was walking north on Kuakini Highway shortly before 7:45 p.m. when a man approached her from behind and pulled her purse off her arm and then fled on foot in a westerly direction toward downtown Kailua-Kona. The victim […]

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Four citizens were honored Tuesday for detaining an armed robber at a Hilo pharmacy in February. During a brief ceremony at the Hilo police station Tuesday morning (May 18), Chief Harry Kubojiri presented Certificates of Merit to Thomas Moyer, Robin Reed, Grant Tioganco and Alison Taylor for their “heroic and selfless” actions on February 23.

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At approximately 11:55 p.m. Sunday, a 43-year-old Kailua-Kona man was confronted by three unknown males in a parking lot in downtown Kailua-Kona. The victim was struck on his head three or four times by one of the males, who used an unknown metal object, and then was pushed to the ground. The males attempted to […]

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Big Island police have charged a Waikoloa man in connection with a robbery in Waimea last week. Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section charged 21-year-old Michael Bonelli at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday (April 27) with second-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree theft. A 38-year-old Kamuela man reported that he returned home after his morning […]

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Kona patrol officers responded to a reported robbery at 8:21 p.m. Thursday (March 18) in the parking lot behind a hotel on Ali’i Drive and Hualālai Road. Officers determined that a woman was walking from work to her parked car when she was confronted by two males demanding money.

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A 29-year-old woman reported that she was walking along Banyan Drive fronting the Otto Rose banyan tree around 8:45 p.m. when she was accosted by two women who beat her and stole her purse. The victim received injuries to her head, face and neck.

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Big Island Police have charged 28-year-old Paul Santoro with 16 crimes in connection with a robbery Tuesday (February 23) at a Hilo pharmacy.

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Hawai’i Police Department detectives are investigating a reported robbery in Hilo on October 15, 2009. A 29-year-old man reported that two unknown local males approached him in the parking lot of Prince Kuhio Plaza. One of the men shoved him up against his vehicle and demanded his wallet.

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Detectives in Kona are investigating a robbery early Tuesday (February 2) on Ali’i Drive in Kailua-Kona. A 30-year-old man from Washington state reported that he was approached by four local males just after midnight while walking north on the sidewalk fronting Hulihe’e Palace. One of the men assaulted him and demanded money.

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Big Island police have located the third suspect wanted for a robbery on December 23 at Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. Daniel Jordan Mills, 19, was arrested Tuesday night (December 29) and charged Wednesday (December 30) with second-degree robbery and second-degree theft. He is being held at the Hilo police cellblock in lieu of $7,000.

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