Posted on 8:28 pm, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Tags: kona, police
A routine traffic stop in Kona has led to the arrests of three persons in two separate cars.
At 9:40 p.m. Saturday (May 4), a Kona patrol officer made a traffic stop on a car occupied by two women. During the stop, the officer observed drug paraphernalia in the car and later recovered a glass smoking pipe and two small plastic bags containing residue of a white powdery substance.
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Posted on 12:56 am, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Tags: flood advisory, kona, nws, waikoloa
The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a flood advisory for the Big Island until 2 a.m. Tuesday (April 30).
At 10:42 p.m. weather radar showed persistent moderate to heavy showers continuing over portions of the Kona area from Kona Village Resort to Keahole Point to North of Kailua-Kona town. The showers were nearly stationary.
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Posted on 5:23 pm, Friday, April 12, 2013. Tags: burglary, kona, police
A 23-year-old Kona man has been charged with several offenses in connection with a burglary on Queen Kalama Avenue in Kailua-Kona on April 5.
Tonino Benson of Kailua-Kona was arrested Wednesday (April 10) on suspicion of burglary. He was also arrested and charged with failure to appear in court and failure to return a rental vehicle in cases unrelated to the burglary.
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Posted on 1:56 pm, Friday, April 12, 2013. Tags: kealakekua, kona, police
Police traffic investigators are renewing their request for information about the identity of the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle/pedestrian crash in Kealakekua on February 28.
The crash crash on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11) and Hokukano Road killed the pedestrian, 71-year-old Francisco Asuncion of Kealakekua.
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Posted on 10:17 pm, Monday, April 8, 2013. Tags: high surf advisory, kona, nws
The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a high surf advisory for West facing shores of the Big Island until 6 a.m. Tuesday (April 9).
Surf is forecast to be in the five to eight foot range.
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Posted on 11:00 am, Saturday, March 30, 2013. Tags: flood advisory, kona, nws
The flood advisory was cancelled at noon.
The rain showers are moving into the Northern windward coast of the Big Island heading Southeast at about 20 mph. The heaviest rain is affecting the areas from Hawi to Waipio Valley. Drivers should use caution due to ponding and reduced visibility.
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Posted on 8:24 pm, Friday, March 22, 2013. Tags: high surf advisory, Kohala, kona, mauna kea, mauna loa, nws, wind advisory
A high surf advisory remains in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday (March 23) for West facing shores of the Big Island. Surf is forecst to be in the eight to 12 foot range for the Kona-Kohala coastline. A wind advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday (March 23) for Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea above 8,000 feet in elevation.
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Posted on 7:22 pm, Friday, March 22, 2013. Tags: kona, missing, police
Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 15-year-old girl reported as missing.
Shellsea W. Gouveia-Asuncion has been missing from her Kona home since March 6. She may be in Kona or Hilo.
She is described as 5-foot-5, 105 pounds with brown eyes, short black hair and a fair complexion. She wears plugs in both earlobes.
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Posted on 7:12 pm, Friday, March 22, 2013. Tags: fatality, kona, mo-ped, police
Police have identified the man killed Thursday (March 21) from a moped crash on Painted Church Road in Hōnaunau, as 23-year-old Shyden D. Bento of a Captain Cook address.
Responding to a 9:07 p.m. call Thursday, Kona patrol officers determined that the victim was operating a 2001 Honda moped and traveling north on Painted Church Road when he ran off the right side of the road and struck a rock wall. He was not wearing a helmet.
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Posted on 12:35 am, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Tags: high surf advisory, Kohala, kona, nws
The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a high surf advisory for the Kona-Kohala coastline from 6 a.m. Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday (March 22).
Surf is forecast to be in the six to eight foot range.
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Posted on 9:09 pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Tags: kona, police, sex assault
Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 22-year-old Kona man wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault.
William John Johnson, who has no permanent address, is also wanted on a $10,000 bench warrant in an unrelated case. He may be in Kona or Waipio. He is described as 5-foot-9, 150 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.
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Posted on 9:03 pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Tags: kona, missing, police
Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old boy who was reported missing from Kona.
Chance Gorelangton-Kuanoni was last seen in Kailua-Kona on December 10, 2012.
He is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with brown eyes, black wavy hair and a dark complexion. He may be in Kona or South Kohala.
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