Police are renewing their request for information about an attempted purse snatching in January.
Police are renewing their request for information about an attempted purse snatching in January.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Jan. 27, a 79-year-old woman reported that she had been walking alone on the entrance ramp of the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel when a man pulled on her purse, causing her to fall. The woman held on to her purse and screamed for help as the man dragged her by her purse. The man then fled on foot without the purse.
The suspect is described as a young “local male” wearing a light-colored shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 935-3311, Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 or to contact Detective Todd Pataray at 961-2382 or todd.pataray@hawaiicounty.gov.