Police seek public’s help identifying vandalism suspect

The Hawaii Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying this female vandalism suspect. (Courtesy photo/Special to West Hawaii Today)
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The Hawaii Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a vandalism suspect.

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on July 24, South Kohala patrol officers responded to Waikoloa Elementary School for a vandalism complaint in which a video surveillance camera was damaged. Officers reviewing the camera’s footage determined observed an individual walking throughout the school campus before intentionally damaging one of the video surveillance cameras at about 1:15 a.m.

The individual left the area and has not yet been identified, according to police. The person is described as being a Caucasian female with waist-length, brownish-blond hair and was observed to be wearing a black colored long-sleeved hoodie that depicts a Playboy Bunny emblem on the right front side.

Anyone with information about this person’s identity is encouraged to contact Officer Ronald Paro at (808) 887-3080 or via the department’s nonemergency number at (808) 935-3311.