Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two women who stole a shopper’s backpack from the men’s section of a discount department store in Kona on February 20, 2021, at 12:30 p.m.

The suspects took a blue, orange, and grey backpack containing identification cards, Bank of Hawaii cards, and $400 dollars in cash while the rightful owner was shopping.

The first suspect is described as a 50-year-old Asian woman, approximately five feet tall, weighing 100 pounds, and wearing grey leggings and a black top. The second suspect is described as a 19-year-old Asian woman, unknown height, weighing 100 pounds, and wearing a skirt.

Police ask anyone with information regarding this investigation to call Officer Patrick Robinson in Kona Patrol at (808) 326-4646 ext. 253 or call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.