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Holualoa Man Brings Stolen Gun to Baby Luau — and More!

April 25, 2012
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Holualoa Man Brings Stolen Gun to Baby Luau — and More!

From Hawaii Police Department: A Holualoa man has been charged with a dozen offenses after reportedly brandishing weapons at a family party Saturday night (April 21). Kona patrol officers responded to the Imin Center in Holualoa at 10:50 p.m. Saturday to a report of a disturbance involving a large group of people. They learned that a 34-year-old man had reportedly wielded a handgun at the community center during a baby’s birthday party and threatened the life of a 48-year-old acquaintance from Kailua-Kona. Other party guests were able to take the gun away before the gunman…

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Police Charge Kapoho Man in Stabbing

April 20, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have charged a 43-year-old man who was arrested Wednesday (April 18) in connection with a stabbing incident in K?poho. Jeffrey Robert Perkins of K?poho was charged at 11:45 a.m. Friday morning (April 20) with one count of first-degree assault and seven counts of second-degree assault. His bail was set at $19,000. Late Wednesday night, Puna patrol officers responded to a home near the 7-mile marker on Route 132, where they discovered a 28-year-old K?poho man with a severe head wound and lacerations, a 25-year-old K?poho woman with a…

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Police Make Arrest in Puna Stabbing, Continue Investigation

April 19, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police are investigating a stabbing incident involving four people that resulted in two of them being sent to the hospital with serious injuries. Responding to an 11:11 p.m. call Wednesday (April 18) at a home near the 7-mile marker on Route 132 in Kapoho, arriving officers discovered a 28-year-old Kapoho man with a severe head wound and lacerations, a 25 -year-old Kapoho woman with a severe laceration to her upper body, and a 45-year-old K?poho woman with a minor injury being treated by Fire Department rescue personnel. The 28-year-old…

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Police Charge Waikoloa Woman with Identity Theft from 91-Year-Old

April 19, 2012
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Police Charge Waikoloa Woman with Identity Theft from 91-Year-Old

From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have charged a 55-year-old Waikoloa woman with identity theft and seven other offenses in connection with the theft of various items from a 91-year-old family member. South Kohala patrol officers responded to Waikoloa Village Monday (April 16) to a report that the suspect had stolen jewelry and cash from a 91-year-old woman who was visiting from California. When officers attempted to arrest the suspect, she allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer by striking him in the chest. The officer did not require medical attention. Janice Feeney,…

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Police ID Hilo Man Killed in Car-Bike Accident

April 18, 2012
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Police ID Hilo Man Killed in Car-Bike Accident

Hawaii Police Department has formally identified a  Hilo man who died April 11 in a vehicle-bicycle collision on Kino’ole Street in Hilo.  He was identified through dental records Wednesday (April 18) as 20-year-old Brody H. Winslow, formerly of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Allison E. Taylor, 40, of Volcano was charged with negligent homicide and other offenses in connection with the hit-and-run accident.  Read more here:  http://www.bigislandnewscenter.com/police-charge-volcano-woman-with-homicide/ Friends have set up a Facebook page to pay tribute to Winslow, who graduated from New Hanover High in Wilmington, N. C. in 2009.  His memorial service will be…

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Police Charge Volcano Woman with Homicide

April 13, 2012
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Police Charge Volcano Woman with Homicide

Big Island police have charged a 40-year-old Volcano woman who was arrested after a hit-and-run vehicle-bicycle crash in Hilo on Wednesday (April 11). Alison E. Taylor was charged at 12:05 a.m. Friday (April 13) with negligent homicide, accident involving death or serious injury, failure to provide information or render aid, driving with a suspended license and inattention to driving. Her bail was set at $8,500. She remained at the Hilo police cellblock until her initial court appearance later Friday.

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Puna Shooting Suspect Turns Self In

April 13, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have located 22-year-old Misinale Kalavi Jr. of Kea’au, who was wanted for questioning in connection with an apparent shooting last year that injured a Puna man. Kalavi turned him self in at the Pahoa police station Wednesday (April 11) and was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder. After conferring with prosecutors, police released him pending further investigation.

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Kona Man Arrested for Robbery, Drugs

April 12, 2012
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Kona Man Arrested for Robbery, Drugs

From Hawaii Police Department: A Kona man has been charged with robbery and drug charges following an encounter early Wednesday (April 11) in Kailua-Kona. At 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Kona patrol officers responded to a parking lot in the Hanama Place shopping area. A 43-year-old Kailua-Kona man with no permanent address reported that he had been sleeping outside a business building when he woke up to find an acquaintance forcibly removing money from his pants pocket. The victim struggled with his assailant until the assailant brandished a pocket knife and then fled with the cash. No…

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Kona Woman Arrested After Not Returning Rental Car–But Wait, There’s More!

April 12, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: A Kona woman who allegedly stole a rental car has been charged with seven offenses. On March 4, Kona patrol officers received a report that 29-year-old Michelle T. Regohos had not returned the 2012 Nissan Altima sedan she had rented at the Kona airport. Police put out an all-points bulletin for the woman and the car. At noon on Tuesday (April 10), a Kona patrol officer located Regohos in the vehicle in Kailua-Kona. The license plates of the car had been changed. Police arrested Regohos and took her to the Kona…

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Hilo Bicyclist Killed by Suspected Drunk Driver

April 12, 2012
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From Hawaii Police Department: A 20-year-old Hilo man died Wednesday (April 11) in a vehicle-bicycle collision in Hilo. The victim’s name is being withheld pending positive identification. Shortly before 7:29 a.m., a 40-year-old Volcano woman was traveling south on Kino?ole Street south of Ohea Street in a 2005 Toyota Tacoma when she struck a 20-year-old Hilo man riding a bicycle in the same direction. The Tacoma then struck a utility pole, severing it. The driver fled the scene traveling south on Kino?ole Street. An off-duty police officer stopped her at Palai Street. Fire/rescue personnel took…

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Yoon Honored as Officer of Month-West Hawaii

April 5, 2012
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Yoon Honored as Officer of Month-West Hawaii

The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Sharon Yoon as “Officer of the Month” for April in a luncheon ceremony on Wednesday (April 4) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Yoon was honored for her efforts in a burglary case and a drug case. Yoon was assigned to the burglary case on January 1. Using her investigative skills, she linked a man and his girlfriend to the crime. Both were charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree theft. Further investigation linked the man and a male accomplice to other burglaries and thefts around the island. The accomplice…

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Police Charge Three: Firearms, Narcotics

April 21, 2011
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Police Charge Three: Firearms, Narcotics

From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have charged two men and a woman with a variety of crimes, including firearms and narcotics offenses, following an investigation of a reported armed robbery. On Sunday (April 17), two Kona men reported to Kona patrol officers that on Thursday (April 14), while they were in their pickup truck with two male acquaintances, one of the acquaintances brandished a handgun, threatened the victims and forced them to hand over their personal belongings. The acquaintances then forced the victims to drive to an undisclosed location, where they took their…

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Cruise Passenger Dies at Kahalu’u Beach

April 13, 2011
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From Hawaii Police Department: Big Island police have classified the possible drowning of a cruise ship passenger Wednesday (April 13) as a coroner’s inquest. Shortly before noon, Kona patrol officers responded to Kona Community Hospital to a report of a man who was dead on arrival. Kenneth Clem, 65, of Humble, Texas, was snorkeling with his wife and friends at Kahalu’u Beach Park when a lifeguard noticed he was face down and not moving. The lifeguard pulled him from the water and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation until Fire Department rescue personnel arrived and continued efforts to…

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