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Big Island police are investigating a robbery of a convenience store on Kekela Street in Hilo. Yesterday,(December 16, 2014) South Hilo patrol officers responded to a 1:08 pm call from an employee at the Minit Stop who reported that a lone male suspect entered the establishment claiming that he had a firearm. The male suspect […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating two home invasion robberies in Kona. Both robberies occurred in the evening hours on the 73-1200 block of Hiolani Street in Kailua-Kona. In both cases, an unknown man pointed a handgun at the victims and demanded cash. He was dressed from head to toe in dark clothing, was wearing gloves […]

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MEDIA RELEASE HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating possible witnesses to a robbery early Monday morning (November 3). The incident started around 1 a.m. at an apartment on the 1400 block of KinoÊ»ole Street and ended on KinoÊ»ole Street north of Kawili Street. The female victim reported that a woman […]

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A 55-year-old Kona man was arrested shortly after a robbery at a Kailua-Kona pharmacy on Saturday (October 25). At 8:35 a.m. Saturday, Kona patrol officers responded to a pharmacy at the corner of Kuakini Highway and Walua Road. They learned that a man had entered the pharmacy and threatened to blow it up unless he […]

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A Puna woman is in police custody after being charged with three offenses in connection with a confrontation in August. On August 25, Puna Patrol officers responded to a 6:52 p.m. report of an affray in progress at a business at 15-2670 Keaʻau-Pāhoa Road in Pāhoa.

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HawaiÊ»i Island Police are investigating a reported residential robbery Wednesday night (September 17) in Puna. At about 8 p.m. Wednesday, police received a call of a robbery at a home in the Fern Forest subdivision in Mountain View. Two female occupants, ages 64 and 50, reported hearing loud noises and the sound of a man […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an attempted robbery in May in Puna. On May 2 at about 8:30 p.m., police responded to the Pāhoa 7-11 convenience store after receiving a report that a man had entered the store and demanded money from an employee. After the 19-year-old male victim refused the demand, the suspect fled […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police located 29-year old Jeffrey DeCastro of Hilo who was wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery on September 15. On September 19, he was arrested on suspicion of robbery. He was released from police custody the following day pending further investigation.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Hilo man who was arrested in connection with a robbery Wednesday in Hilo. At 3:10 p.m. Thursday (July 31), detectives charged 30-year-old Shannon L. Y. Estocado of Hilo with second-degree robbery, first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and third-degree assault. He was released after posting $7,250 bail.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating an armed robbery in late May in the Hāmākua area. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on May 25, police responded to Waipio Valley after receiving a report from a 54-year-old Florida man that while walking up Waipio Valley Road, a dark Jeep Wrangler drove past him and stopped approximately 50 yards […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying robbery suspects shown in a composite drawing. At 2:20 a.m. on June 27, Kona Patrol officers responded to a reported robbery near the intersection of Highway 190 and Loloa Drive in Kalaoa.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a home invasion robbery early Tuesday in Puna. Puna Patrol officers responded to a 2:30 a.m. report Tuesday (July 8) of a robbery at a home in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision. An unknown man whose face was obscured with fabric entered a house on 1st Avenue off MakuÊ»u Street, […]

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Hawaii Island police are investigating a robbery Saturday in Puna. At 10:23 p.m. Saturday (July 5), Puna Patrol officers responded to a home on the 15-0600 block of Kahakai Boulevard in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. A 36-year-old man reported that while an acquaintance and two other local males were in his house, they took his […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have charged one of the men arrested in connection with a violent robbery early Tuesday in Kailua-Kona. At 5 p.m. Wednesday (May 28), detectives charged 28-year-old Randall Todd Chase of Kailua-Kona with first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, assault, two counts of third-degree theft, promoting a dangerous drug, promoting a detrimental drug, and possessing […]

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