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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, June 19, 2009

Big Island police investigating report of home invasion robbery


Advertiser Staff

HILO — Hawaii County police are investigating a home invasion robbery in the Fern Acres subdivision in Puna.

A 43-year-old man reported that two masked males entered his house Tuesday after kicking open the front door.
The man told police he was bound with duct tape and that the suspects threatened him with sticks while demanding money and marijuana.
Upon finding the victim's marijuana plants, the suspects cut and stole buds from five plants.
The suspects also took an unknown amount of dried marijuana and some cash and coins.
The first suspect is described as 5 feet 8 with a slim build. He was wearing blue jeans shorts and a white sleeveless T-shirt. He had a black T-shirt around his head and face with holes cut out for the eyes.
The second suspect is described as 5 feet 10 with a medium build. He was wearing black sweat pants, black tennis shoes and a mossy oak camouflage jacket. A dark beanie, with holes cut out for the eyes, covered his face.
The victim was not injured.
Police ask that anyone with information on this robbery call Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua at 961-2252 or the Police Department's non-emergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.