Posts Tagged ‘ Hawaiian Beaches ’

Police Charge Former Pahoa Man with Abuse, Kidnapping, Robbery

October 7, 2012
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Police Charge Former Pahoa Man with Abuse, Kidnapping, Robbery

From Hawaii Police: Police charged a 20-year-old former Pahoa man for several offenses in connection to a domestic violence incident. Yesterday at 8:30 pm, after conferring with prosecutors, detectives from the Area I, Criminal Investigation Section charged Ronsten Keone Andrade III, also known as Ronsten Andrade Tripp, for two counts of abuse of a family or household member, two counts of felony abuse of a family or household member, one count of second degree terroristic threatening, one count of kidnapping, one count of interference with reporting an emergency or crime, and one count of second…

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Big Dead Whale Off Puna Coast

August 22, 2012
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Hawaii Fire Department personnel say the decomposing carcass of a whale has been spotted off the east side of Hawaii Island. The fire department was alerted by someone on shore Wednesday of something large floating in the water about a mile off the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. Chopper 1, the Hawaii Fire Department’s Hilo-based helicopter,  flew over and confirmed it was a 40- to 50-foot-long whale carcass.  

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Update to Attempted Murder Story: Puna Man Charged

May 15, 2012
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Update to Attempted Murder Story: Puna Man Charged

From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have charged a 72-year-old Puna man in connection with a shooting Sunday evening (May 13) at a home in Pana’ewa. Joseph Amormino of Hawaiian Beaches was charged at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday (May 15) with first-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree attempted murder, burglary, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, place to keep ammunition, and two counts of place to keep firearms. He was also charged with three counts of terroristic threatening for an unrelated incident that occurred about twenty minutes before the shooting.…

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Puna Man Turns Self In, Arrested for Stabbing

May 15, 2012
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Puna Man Turns Self In, Arrested for Stabbing

From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have located, arrested and charged 27-year-old Brannon Ramirez of Hawaiian Beaches, who was wanted in connection with a stabbing, a beer bottle incident and a domestic argument in Puna on Friday. Ramirez turned himself in at the Pahoa police station at 5:42 p.m. Saturday (May 12). He was held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives continued the investigation. At 2:48 p.m. Monday (May 14), detectives charged him with first-degree assault, first-degree criminal property damage and two counts of third-degree assault. His bail was set at $11,000. He…

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Police Arrest Puna Man for Sunday Attempted Murder

May 13, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have arrested a Puna man for attempted murder in connection with a shooting that occurred Sunday evening.   The suspect is identified as 72-year-old Joseph Amormino of Hawaiian Beaches.   Hilo Patrol officers responded to a 5:27 p.m. call Sunday of several shots being fired from a residence in Panaewa. Upon arrival officers found the victim, F-55, with gunshot wounds. Investigation reveal that the suspect had shot the victim, and fired at another party within the residence. The suspect was arrested at the scene.   Fire/Rescue personnel transported…

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Police Seeking Puna Man for Friday Stabbing

May 11, 2012
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Police Seeking Puna Man for Friday Stabbing

From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Puna man wanted in connection with a stabbing Friday morning. The incident began with a domestic dispute at a convenience store on Kahakai Boulevard in Hawaiian Beaches between a 31-year-old Hawaiian Beaches woman and a 27-year-old Hawaiian Beaches man. During the argument, the man allegedly threw a beer bottle—which hit a 19-year-old man in a parked van—and then left the area. A short time later, the mother of the man hit by the bottle and a relative—a 37-year-old Mountain…

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Pahoa Man Arrested for Pennsylvania Rape

August 5, 2011
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Pahoa Man Arrested for Pennsylvania Rape

Hawaii Police Department reports they have arrested a Hawaiian Beaches man for a rape committed in Pennsylvania.  Detectives of the Hawai’i Police Department Hilo Juvenile Aid Section, acting on information obtained from officials from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department of Pennsylvania, apprehended the 66-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon (August 2, 2011) .   Albert August Zuest was arrested under the strength of an arrest warrant. Zuest signed a waiver of extradition Thursday afternoon in Hilo Circuit Court.  He’s wanted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for the felony rape of…

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Hawaiian Beaches Subdivision Bus Disturbance

April 28, 2011
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Hawaiian Beaches Subdivision Bus Disturbance

HPD- Big Island police have charged a 20-year-old Pahoa man with four crimes for an incident on a Hele-On bus. On Monday (April 25) around 8 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a call aboard a Hele-On bus in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. Responding officers learned that an intoxicated man had caused a disturbance on the bus as it was on its route. As the bus driver attempted to call 911, the suspect allegedly grabbed the mobile phone from the driver’s hand to prevent him from completing the call. The suspect exited the bus with…

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County Fights Puna Fire Friday Night

March 26, 2011
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Hawaii County Fire Department responded to a five acre grass and brush fire in lower Puna Friday afternoon.  The first alarm came in at 4:56 p.m. and units were on the scene on the old railroad right-of-way between Hawaiian Beaches and Hawaiian Paradise Park  by 5:16 p.m.  The fire was fought using water bucket drops from the County helicopter and by firefighters using hand tools.  Before sunset, the fire was being fanned by trade winds, but the winds died down after sunset. The terrain was undulating pahoehoe lava covered in Molassas grass, brush, and small…

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Leialoha Brothers Turn Themselves In

March 24, 2011
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have located two of the three men being sought in connection with a Puna assault and burglary investigation. Twenty-five-year-old Johnny Leialoha of Kea’au and 22-year-old Jobe Leialoha of Nanawale turned themselves in at the South Hilo police station and were arrested at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday. Both men were released at 4 p.m. pending further investigation. Police are still looking for their father, 46-year-old Joe Leialoha of Hawaiian Beaches. Police ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts call Detective John Rodrigues at 966-5385 or the Police Department’s non-emergency…

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Police Seek Family Members in Assault and Burglary Investigation

March 23, 2011
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From Hawaii County Police: Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating two brothers and their father, who are wanted in a Puna assault and burglary investigation. A 30-year-old man was confronted by three acquaintances at his Hawaiian Paradise Park home on March 13. The men reportedly assaulted the victim and then one of them stole the victim’s backpack from a car parked on his property. Police are looking for 25-year-old Johnny J. Ikaika Leialoha of Kea’au, 22-year-old Jobe K. Leialoha of Nanawale and 46-year-old Joe Leialoha of Hawaiian Beaches. Police ask…

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Hawaii Island’s First Traffic Fatality of 2011

January 3, 2011
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From a Hawaii Police Department Press Release: A 70-year-old Pahoa man died Saturday (January 1) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/motorcycle crash at the intersection of Kahakai Boulevard and Aweoweo Street in Hawaiian Beaches. The motorcycle operator was identified as James F. Hurd of a Pahoa address. Responding to a 10:56 a.m. call, Puna patrol officers determined that Hurd was operating a 1992 Kawasaki motorcycle and traveling west on Kahakai Boulevard when he collided with a 1995 Honda two-door sedan traveling north which had pulled out from Aweoweo Street after stopping at the…

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