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Big Isle police search for suspect in grocery store robbery

PHOTOS COURTESY HAWAII COUNTY POLICE
                                A robbery suspect was caught on video surveillance at a Hilo grocery store Dec. 11.

PHOTOS COURTESY HAWAII COUNTY POLICE

A robbery suspect was caught on video surveillance at a Hilo grocery store Dec. 11.

Hawaii County police are asking for help in identifying a female robbery suspect caught on video surveillance on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 11 at a Hilo grocery store.

Police said Thursday in a news release that an employee at a grocery store on Makaala Street said an unidentified woman placed several items in a basket and proceeded to leave the store without paying.

When the female employee confronted her, the woman struck her, police said.

The woman fled in a white Honda Civic.

Anyone with information on the suspect or the robbery is asked to call the police department’s non-emergency number 808-935-3311.

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