Hawai‘i Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section – Area I
Lieutenant Rio S. Amon-Wilkins
Phone: (808) 961-2252
Report No.: 21-007274
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect(s) responsible for a bank burglary in downtown Hilo last month. South Hilo Patrol officers responded to an alarm at a bank on Kalakaua Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. on January 26, 2021. Responding officers determined that a window to the bank was shattered and the suspect(s) removed undisclosed items.
The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation, which is classified as a second-degree burglary.
Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this investigation to call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Detective Blaine Morishita of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2385 or email blaine.morishita@hawaiicounty.gov. They can also contact Lieutenant Rio Amon-Wilkins of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2252 or email rio.amon-wilkins@hawaiicounty.gov.