Police seek info in July beating

Police are renewing their request for information about an incident that sent a 44-year-old Puna man to the hospital last year in critical condition.

On July 25, police received a 10 p.m. report of a man found unconscious on the side of Upper Puna Road in Kalapana.

The man was taken to The Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu in critical condition, where he was treated for serious injuries to his head.

The case is being investigated as first-degree assault.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311, Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 or to contact Detective Robert Almeida at 961-2386 or robert.almeida@hawaiicounty.gov.