#Vandalism

On Feb. 21, a 43-year-old woman reported to police that her vehicle, and the vehicle of a friend, had been vandalized while parked in a parking lot in the 75-5600 block of Kuakini Highway.

The former nearly 150-room Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel on the Big Island’s Waiakea Peninsula is now nothing more than a nuisance — for the Banyan Drive area and Hawai‘i County. It has long been condemned and is dilapidated to the point where most of the rooms are exposed to the elements and debris is strewn throughout the structure.

The Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday authorized the state Land Division to negotiate a development agreement with Banyan Drive Management of Hilo to conduct a $20 million renovation of the former Country Club Condominiums complex on Hilo’s iconic Banyan Drive on the Big Island.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual(s) responsible for vandalizing Hawaiian petroglyphs in Maui’s Olowalu Valley.

Police seek assistance identifying a suspect responsible for property damage.

A Pennsylvania man suspected of vandalizing a Beverly Hills synagogue found in Kona waived his extradition rights in 3rd Circuit Court and freely consented to return to California.

Fencing material found taken from a Puna park was discovered rolled up and tossed aside in nearby bushes, officials report this morning.

The Ainaola Park women’s restroom was repaired after it was vandalized earlier this week.

The public women’s restroom at Ainaola Park is closed until further notice.

Unknown parties vandalized two Maunakea Observatories Support Services vehicles in Hilo last weekend, according to an incident report.

The reported activity was at the Very Long Baseline Array, which is located in an area three miles below the mountain’s summit.

Nearly two miles of Pu’u Maka’ala Natural Area Reserve fencing has been destroyed. Repairs may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.