Hawai’i police seek help identifying suspect in Kailua-Kona wallet theft

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of a wallet theft at a Kailua-Kona shopping center earlier this month.

According to police, officers responded on Feb. 1 to a report of a stolen wallet from a vehicle parked at a big-box store in the 73-5600 block of Maiau Street. The victim told authorities the wallet contained a tracking device, which was later used to locate it near a retail business in the 73-4300 block of Hawaiʻi Belt Road.

At about 4:40 p.m. that day, surveillance video captured an unidentified man discarding the wallet into a recycling bin in the area, police said. The wallet was later recovered, but two credit cards were missing.

Police are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information to contact Kona Patrol Officer Alysa Gamache at alysa.gamache@hawaiipolice.gov or call the department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.