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Did anyone witness this incident on HWY 130 4/10 - whalesong - 04-11-2012
Big Island police are looking for witnesses to a large rock being thrown at a moving motor vehicle.
A 59-year-old P#257;hoa man reported that he was driving a van on Highway 130 near P#257;hoa around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday (April 10) when a man on the side of the road threw a large rock through the passenger-side windshield of the van.
No one was injured in the incident.
Police located the suspect, 49-year-old John Vezina of Hilo, and arrested him on suspicion of first-degree criminal property damage. He is being held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section continue the investigation.
The van is described as a 1995 maroon and bronze Chevy Astro. It was traveling on Highway 130 in the Kea#699;au direction near the intersection of Highway 132.
Police ask anyone who saw the incident or who saw anyone throwing rocks at vehicles to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Joel Field by phone at 961-2381 or by email at jfield@co.hawaii.hi.us.
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.