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Hilo woman charged with stealing $10K worth of jewelry

Hawaii County authorities charged a 50-year-old Hilo woman Thursday for allegedly stealing $10,741 worth of jewelry from a Hilo big box store in August, and continue to look for a second suspect in that case, police said.

Police investigation led to the identity and arrest Wednesday of Regina Stephens.

She was charged Thursday with second-degree theft. Her bail was set at $2,000.

Police continue to look for 41-year-old Paul K. Stevens of Hilo in connection with that case.

He is also wanted on a bench warrant for violating the terms of supervised release while awaiting trial on theft, forgery and identity theft charges, police said.

Anyone knowing Paul Stevens’ whereabouts is asked to call police at 935-3311 or Detective Wendall Carter at 961-2378 or wcarter@co.hawaii.hi.us. Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 961-8300.

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