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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island police are investigating a domestic dispute that sent a 24-year-old Mountain View man to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Puna patrol officers responded to Keola Place in Mountain View at 8:30 p.m. Monday (Sept. 2) for an affray between a father and his adult son. When officers arrived, the son […]

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On February 6, 2013 at about 3 p.m, police received a report that a 49-year-old male visitor from Beijing, China was assaulted by a male suspect and robbed of his belongings near the bathroom area at Rainbow Falls Park. The male visitor was part of a larger tour group but seperated himself while using the […]

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At 5:45 p.m. Tuesday (December 4), after conferring with prosecutors, detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section charged Peter Lopes of Pāhoa with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault and second-degree terroristic threatening. His bail was set at $37,000.

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Hawaiʻi County police have charged a former Hilo man in connection with a robbery. On October 5, a 68-year-old Hilo man reported to police that on May 25, as he was transporting a couple to a location in Hilo around 1 a.m., he was assaulted and his wallet was stolen.

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Big Island police have charged a 30-year-old Kurtistown man with a variety of offenses following his arrest on Monday (October 8) in Puna for allegedly stealing a car.

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 31-year-old man wanted for questioning in a disorderly conduct and assault investigation over the weekend and on two outstanding warrants.

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Big Island police have charged a 63-year-old Hilo man in connection with a confrontation Friday (July 13) in Hilo. The charges stemmed from a report police received at approximately 6:20 a.m. Friday. Officers responded to home off KÅ«kÅ«au Street after a 50-year-old Hilo man reported that he had been assaulted following a dispute. The suspect […]

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Big Island police have arrested 43-year-old Robert Kanuela Tanoai of Kailua-Kona, who was wanted on an arrest warrant. Tanoai —also known as “Boomer”— turned himself in at the Kona police station at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday (June 12).

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Big Island police have located 19-year-old Kale Thomas Ramangmou, who was wanted for robbery. Ramangmou was arrested Monday morning (May 7) and charged Tuesday (May 8) for numerous offenses in connection with three separate incidents.

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault at PunaluÊ»u Black Sands Beach on January 12. A 29-year-old man from Meadow Lake, Oregon, was taking pictures of turtles when another man confronted him and told him to stay away from the turtles. […]

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Big Island police have located and charged Waylen Keone Carenio Jr. and Turner Kaimana Au, who were being sought in connection with a late-night assault in a car in front of a Kamehameha Avenue restaurant in Hilo on February 1. Carenio was also wanted on a bench warrant for a Grand Jury indictment.

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Waylen Keone Carenio Jr., 21, and Turner Kaimana Au, 24, have both been located.

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A Kona man has been charged with four counts of assault in connection with an affray outside a bar in Kona. On Saturday (December 24), Kona patrol officers responded to a 1:33 a.m. report of an affray outside a drinking establishment in the Gold Coast Business Center off Kaiwi Street in Kailua-Kona.

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Big Island police are renewing their request for information about an assault on October 24 at Wailoa State Park in Hilo. At approximately 7:30 p.m., an 18-year-old Hilo man, a 19-year-old Hilo man and a 17-year-old Pāhoa boy were in the parking lot near the large pavilion when four vehicles drove into the park and […]

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