HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A regular visitor of the Halona Blowhole Lookout, East Oahu resident Paul Keel is well aware of the numerous vehicle break-ins that plagued the popular sightseeing location for years.

“It was really heartbreaking to see people who had their personal items stolen,” Keel said. “It could’ve been wallets, passports, those type of things that sometimes, that’s really hard to replace.”

Keel explained he’d often encounter evidence of the crimes, “Windows would be completely shattered and on the ground, the glass would be there for at least a week or two.”

Less than a mile away, California visitor Chis Camilli pointed to fragments of glass scattered across the parking lot of another heavily-visited tourist attraction, Lanai Lookout.

“There is almost more broken glass

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