Police seek ID of suspect in reported robbery at Hilo business

Big Island police are asking the public if anyone knows the identity of the person responsible for a reported robbery last week at a Hilo business.

According to the Hawai‘i Police Department, Hilo patrol officers responded shortly after 9:30 a.m. Dec. 6 to a retail business in the 300 block of Kīlauea Avenue, where a store associate reported a male suspect fled the business with a stolen backpack and other items. The associate attempted to stop the suspect outside the store and the suspect brandished a knife-type object, threatening the associate prior to fleeing the area on foot toward the Bayfront Soccer Fields.

The suspect is described as a 6-foot tall local male with a goatee, medium build and dark skin. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, jeans and a black-colored hat with the word “Hawai‘i” on it.

The Police Department’s Area I Criminal Investigation Section continues its first-degree robbery investigation into the incident.

Anyone who might know the suspect’s identity is asked to call the department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Detective Clarence Davies with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section by calling 808-961-2382 or emailing to clarence.davies@hawaiicounty.gov.

Those who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 808-961-8300.