Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area II
Detective Len Hamakado
Phone: (808) 326-4646, ext. 224
Report No. 24-079296
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a reported robbery at a financial institution in Kailua-Kona.
On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at approximately 3:24 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a report of an active robbery at a bank on the 75-5600 block of Palani Road in Kailua-Kona.
Police determined that a male suspect had entered the bank, produced a note demanding money and fled the area on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one in the bank was physically injured.
After further investigation, to include witness interviews and a review of video surveillance, police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Brandan Patrick Nicholson, of Kailua-Kona.
Nicholson, who was last seen heading North on Kuakini Highway, was located nearby and was subsequently placed under arrest at 4:37 p.m..
The Area II Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation. As of this time, Nicholson has not been charged.
Police ask anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information relative to this investigation to call Detective Len Hamakado of the Area II Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 326-4646, Ext. 224, or via email at len.hamakado@hawaiicounty.gov.
