Big Island police ask for help in finding gas station robber
Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who was armed with a knife and robbed a Hilo service station Saturday.
Police said the man entered at 7:45 p.m. Saturday the 76 station at Ainako Avenue and Kaumana Drive.
The man brandished a knife and demanded money, police said.
He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, and was last seen running up Ainako Avenue, police said.
Police said a dark-colored Scion with after-market rims was seen in the gas station parking lot during the robbery and its occupants may have witnessed the robbery.
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Anyone with information about the Scion occupants or the robbery are asked to call officer Donovan Kohara or officer Clive Okino at the Police Department’s nonemergency number at 935-3311.
Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
