Media release | Hawaii County Police Department

Big Island police are looking for witnesses to a robbery at a fast food restaurant in downtown Hilo on Sunday night (March 6).

Sometime between 9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., two unknown men tried to remove the wallet from a 57-year-old Hilo man in the parking lot of the restaurant at 255 Kino’ole Street.

One of the suspects is described as 5-foot-11, husky with shoulder-length black hair and wearing a baseball cap with the bill facing back. The other was described as about 6-feet tall, 185 pounds with short hair and diamond earrings.

Police would like to speak with a couple who assisted the victim and to any other witnesses who were in the area during the robbery attempt. Police ask that witnesses or anyone else with information on this case call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.