Hawaii island police seeking e-cig burglary suspect
Hawaii island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a burglary suspect who allegedly stole e-cigarettes from a Kamuela convenience store.
Police said that at about 1:30 a.m. on May 30, South Kohala patrol officers responded to a burglar alarm at the store on Mamalahoa Highway. Upon arrival, they found a broken glass window and learned several e-cigarettes had been stolen.
The suspect was captured on video footage entering the parking lot on a blue bicycle.
Shortly after arriving, the suspect allegedly smashed the window with a hammer, entered the store, and removed items from a display. The suspect is then seen exiting back through the broken window and fleeing by bicycle toward Mamalahoa Highway.
The suspect, believed to be a left-handed female, is about 5 feet tall and 100 pounds.
She was wearing a a black long-sleeved sweater, long black pants, a green head cover, black shoes and a dark-colored face covering. She was also carrying a black backpack and had brown hair up in a bun.
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Police ask anyone with information to contact the non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or email Officer Jessica Cook at Jessica.cook@hawaiicounty.gov.