Full coverage of the arrest will appear in Saturday’s West Hawaii Today.
A 22-year-old Kailua-Kona man is in police custody in connection with two reported robberies earlier this month in the Kona District.
Police arrested the man on suspicion of two counts first-degree robbery at 2:10 p.m. Thursday at the Kona Hawaiian Village on Alii Drive, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
The arrest stems from a Jan. 5 reported robbery in the Kaloko Light Industrial Area and a Jan. 12 reported robbery at the Keauhou Store in Holualoa, according to police. No injuries were reported in either incident.
A 41-year-old Kailua-Kona man, Roger Rasmussen, was charged on Sunday with being an accomplice to the Keauhou Store robbery, according to police.
Full coverage of the arrest will appear in Saturday’s West Hawaii Today.