Posted on 12:25 am, Friday, December 6, 2013. Tags: arson, brush fire, puuanahulu
MEDIA RELEASE Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying anyone who may have information about the cause of half a dozen recent suspicious fires over the last two weeks. The fires were located south of Puuanahulu along Hawaii Belt Road, also known as Route 190, in the areas between the Daniel K. Inouye […]
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Posted on 6:11 pm, Monday, June 3, 2013. Tags: arson, fire, police, puna
HawaiÊ»i Island police have initiated an arson investigation in connection with a fire in Puna last week. At 5:37 p.m. Thursday (May 30) a structure fire was reported on 38th Avenue in the Orchidland Estates subdivision. The house, valued at an estimated $155,000, was destroyed in the fire. With the assistance of a a dog […]
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Posted on 11:13 pm, Monday, April 29, 2013. Tags: arson, fire, police, puna
HawaiÊ»i Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with a suspicious fire Friday (April 26). At 10:48 a.m. Friday, patrol officers and Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire at Alulu Road and OÊ»oaÊ»a Road in Hawaiian Acres. The fire was extinguished, but not before causing extensive damage to the structure. A […]
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Posted on 4:31 pm, Monday, December 3, 2012. Tags: arson, fire, hawaiian beaches, police
A 45-year-old PÄhoa man is in police custody following a domestic dispute in PÄhoa Sunday night (December 2). Around 4:15 a.m. Monday (December 3), police arrested Peter Lopes for second-degree terroristic threatening, first-degree arson, third-degree assault and first-degree promoting a detrimental drug.
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Posted on 11:38 am, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Tags: arson, burglary, fire, shipman industrial park
Fire crews responded to a 5:18 a.m. alarm Wednesday (May 30) to Shipman Industrial Park for a fire at the Reliance Water Tanks warehouse on Kipimauna Street. Investigation by police found that burglars cut a front gate chain and stole a truck and machinery.
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Posted on 9:23 am, Monday, March 19, 2012. Tags: ahalanui beach park, arson, kapoho, puna
Big Island police have initiated an arson investigation in connection with a fire at a Puna beach park early Monday morning. Sometime between 1:15 a.m. and 1:27 a.m. unknown persons set fire to three portable toilets at Ahalanui Beach Park in KÄpoho, rendering them unusable. Fire Department personnel extinguished the flames. Damages were estimated at […]
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Posted on 4:32 pm, Friday, February 24, 2012. Tags: arson, atm, hilo, police
Big Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in connection with a fire in a trash receptacle attached to an automated teller machine on September 8, 2011.
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Posted on 1:56 pm, Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Tags: arson, police
Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in connection with a fire in a trash receptacle attached to an automated teller machine on September 8. The fire caused minor damage to the ATM, located in Puainako Town Center, before Fire Department personnel arrived to extinguish the […]
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Posted on 4:09 pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Tags: arson, burglary, eden roc, police, puna
HawaiÊ»i County police are asking for information about a burglary and attempted arson in Puna. The crimes occurred at a home on Ohia Street in the Eden Roc subdivision sometime between Saturday (October 22) and Sunday (October 23). Investigation revealed that one or more unknown suspects pried open the front door, took electronic items from […]
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Posted on 12:10 pm, Friday, October 14, 2011. Tags: arson, milolii, police
Big Island police have arrested a 62-year-old Miloliʻi man on suspicion of arson in connection with a house fire on Wednesday (October 12). Donald McKay of Miloliʻi Village is being held at the Kona police cellblock pending further investigation.
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Posted on 10:28 am, Thursday, September 1, 2011. Tags: arson, fire, koloko, kona
Big Island police have initiated an arson investigation in connection with a suspicious fire early Wednesday (August 31) in Kona. At 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, Police and firefighters responded to a report of a loud explosion and flames shooting 15-20 feet into the air from a home on Kahulani Street in Kaloko Mauka.
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Posted on 4:30 pm, Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Tags: arson, fire, pohakuloa training area, pta, saddle road
Big Island police arrested a 31-year-old Papaikou man for first degree arson last night (August 23) stemming from an investigation into the cause of a large brush fire in the Pohakuloa area. Christopher M. Pratt was located in close proximity to the fire upon firefighters’ initial arrival to combat the fire and was taken to […]
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