09-23-2026, 08:48 PM
(09-23-2026, 12:51 PM)Obie Wrote: Before the new Pahoa police station opened, we were having a community meeting and the CPO called my wife and said he would be late to the meeting because when he stopped by the police station, he found someone had broken in and was in the process of stealing everything that wasn't bolted down.
But that's fairly normal for Puna.
(09-23-2026, 04:13 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: Obie,
When did this happen? There were no other officers at the police station at the time?
Well, I must say the pretzel twisting of readily verifiable factual information and reality is quite astonishing on this thread in particular. Coupled with one apparently thinking that if you say (and post) the same stuff over and over and over again, it becomes reality and the truth.
At any event, the Old Pahoa Police station was never broken into. When it was a Police Station. Nor was an officer driving by and finding the perps actively "stealing everything that wasn't bolted down."
What happened was that AFTER the old Pahoa Police Station was converted into an ad hoc County Office, an elderly lady found 2 individuals inside the building impersonating maintenance workers. The lady called police and the perps fled the scene. Police determined that computer equipment valued in excess of $200 had been stolen.
HPD Investigating Pāhoa Burglary : Big Island Now
Now, one thing that is clearly fairly normal for Puna, is story embellishment!