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Hawaiʻi Island Police are asking the public for help in identifying the person whose image was captured by store security in connection with a theft from a Downtown Hilo store. On Tuesday, (September 5), an adult male shoplifted an item from a Downtown Hilo Store. His image was captured by store security.

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking the public for help in identifying the persons whose images were captured on surveillance cameras in connection with shoplifting from a Hilo store.

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A shoplifting incident has led to five charges against a 35-year-old Hilo man. On June 23, a man reportedly removed clothing items from a department store at a shopping mall on East Puainako Street in Hilo. When mall employees confronted him outside the store, he fled by car, striking a 19-year-old female employee in the […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking the public for help in identifying a person whose image was captured on surveillance cameras in connection with a shoplifting investigation. On April 25, items were shoplifted from a store in Hilo. The incident was captured on video surveillance cameras.

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Thanks to tips from the public, Hawaiʻi Island police have identified a woman whose image was captured on a surveillance camera during a shoplifting at a retail establishment in downtown Hilo on May 19. Police thank the public for their assistance. The investigation is continuing.

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A Puna man faces a felony offense after struggling with a store employee who tried to detain him for shoplifting. At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday (May 26) police responded to a home improvement store on the 300 block of MakaÊ»ala Street in Hilo. A store employee had reportedly seen a shopper attempting to leave the store […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with a shoplifting case. A surveillance camera captured an image of a suspect taking a cell phone case from a store at 50 E. Puainako Street on April 17. Police ask anyone who knows the identity or […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in a theft case. Merchandise valued at $226 was stolen from a retail store on the 96-200 block of Waikoloa Beach Drive on April 8.

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Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for shoplifting. On March 27 at about 4:20 p.m. the unidentified woman removed items from a Hilo retail establishment without paying for them. She is described as Caucasian-mix, short with a large build and long dark hair.

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Three men are in police custody in connection with a shoplifting incident on Tuesday (January 22) that turned violent. Shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a store at 325 Makaʻala Street in Hilo to a report of a robbery.

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Hawaii County Police detectives have charged 21-year-old Angelea Maldonado of Kailua-Kona with shoplifting. She was released pending further investigation of the other offenses and after posting $250 bail on the shoplifting offense. On the same day, detectives charged Dane Frank Kendrick with shoplifting, first-degree terroristic threatening, kidnapping, and third-degree promoting a dangerous drug.

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Big Island police are requesting the public’s help in identifying two suspects in a theft investigation. On November 3, an unidentified man and woman entered the Irie Hawaii Smoke Shop at 140 Kino’ole Street in Hilo between 11:40 a.m. and 12 p.m. They allegedly removed several items valued at more than $300. They were last […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying an unknown person responsible for a theft Sept. 16 in Hilo. Hilo patrol officers responded to Macy’s department store on Puainako Street for a reported theft. The suspect stole an item from the store and fled on foot from loss […]

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Big Island police have charged a second suspect in connection with a shoplifting incident on July 23 at a surf shop in Pāhoa. Lorilei Kaapela Brown, 35, of Hilo turned herself in at the Hilo police station Thursday morning (August 12). She was arrested and charged with shoplifting.

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