Police: County fence posts stolen

Police are investigating the theft of fence posts from county property along the Hamakua Coast.

Sometime between 2 p.m. Tuesday and 8:30 a.m. Thursday, unknown people pulled 47 T-rail posts out of the ground and removed them from county property along Hawaii Belt Road (Highway 19) just on the Paauilo side of the 35-mile marker. The posts are all silver and 6 1/2 feet in length.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Officer Joseph Passmore at 775-7533.

Those who prefer anonymity can call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.