Police seek theft suspect

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Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man suspected of unauthorized entry to a motor vehicle and numerous thefts stemming from an incident in Pahoa.

Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man suspected of unauthorized entry to a motor vehicle and numerous thefts stemming from an incident in Pahoa.

A 34-year-old Pahoa woman told police at about 8:40 p.m. Feb. 5, someone stole her purse from her sport-utility vehicle while it was parked off Highway 130 in Pahoa.

Her debit card and EBT card were later used in Pahoa and Hilo.

Anyone who recognizes the man in the photo is asked to call the police nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.