LIHU‘E — Car thefts are on the rise on Kaua‘i, with police reporting Wednesday that 64 vehicles have been stolen this year, compared to 31 stolen in all of 2021.
LIHU‘E — Car thefts are on the rise on Kaua‘i, with police reporting Wednesday that 64 vehicles have been stolen this year, compared to 31 stolen in all of 2021.
Two more were taken Monday, and police are asking the public to help find them.
“There are more members of the public then there are police officers,” KPD said in a press release. “The public might have a better chance of seeing these vehicles, or knowing what happened to the vehicles, thereby increasing our chances of successfully recovering them and possibly getting leads to the suspects who took them.”
The first vehicle, stolen from a Koloa residence, is a 2015 gray Nissan Cube, with burgundy-colored rims — license plate number KCB489.
The second, stolen from Kaumuali‘i Highway in Waimea fronting the establishment Spice Of Life Collectables And Fine Junque, is a 2000, white, four-door Mazda Protégé — license plate number NZG531.
The public is reminded not to engage with the occupants of either of these cars, and is asked to instead document and report information to KPD dispatch at 808-241-1711.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers Kaua‘i, 808-246-8300 or visiting cskauai.org.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, reporter, can be reached at 808-647-0329 or gscrimgeour@thegardenisland.com.
