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Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 253   Media Release (corrects age in second paragraph) Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a public accident case in connection with a shark attack Tuesday afternoon in waters off a Kona beach. A 28-year-old Kailua-Kona man was swimming about 100 feet off shore shortly [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 253   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a public accident case in connection with a shark attack Tuesday afternoon in waters off a Kona beach. A 29-year-old Kailua-Kona man was swimming about 100 feet off shore shortly before 1 p.m. when he [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of June 10, 2013, through June 16, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 24 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Seven were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Acting Sergeant Clarence W. Davies Phone: 961-8118 Report No. C13015700   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a fatal one-vehicle crash Friday (June 14) that killed a 23-year-old Hilo man. The crash on Kalanianaole Avenue near Kioea Street in Hilo. Responding to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 15-year-old Pāhoa girl who was reported missing. Kaiini Nihoa was last seen at Spencer Beach Park in South Kohala at 11:30 p.m. Saturday (June 15). She is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-2, 140-150 [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Acting Sergeant Clarence W. Davies Phone: 961-8118 Report No. C13015700   Media Release A 23-year old Hilo man died  Friday (June 14) from injuries he received in a one-vehicle crash on Kalanianaole Avenue near Kioea Street in Hilo. Responding to a 11:06 p.m. call, Hilo Patrol Officers determined that [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214   Media Release Hawaiʻi County police charged a 24-year-old Hilo woman with eight property crimes Thursday (June 13), including three counts of burglary. Suzy Chun was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant late Wednesday afternoon (June 12). Through further investigation, it was determined that [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release Police Chief Harry S. Kubojiri has announced three promotions to the rank of captain. Burt Shimabukuro, now the Vice Section lieutenant in East Hawaiʻi, will be captain of the Kaʻū District. He joined the Police Department in June 1987 [...]

Hawai’i Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release (update with link to survey summary) Chief Harry Kubojiri wishes to thank the 608 members of the public who participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey and the news media for helping to attract this record number of participants [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Office Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 FAX: 961-2209   Media Release Two hundred twelve youths participated in 59 games during HI-PAL’s 2013 Elementary/Intermediate School Basketball League held at the Pāpaʻikou, Andrews and Honomū gyms from March 5 through May 23. Six teams represented the first-time elementary schools division and 13 [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an 18-year-old man wanted on a warrant of arrest. Tyler Taylor is wanted in connection with a Grand Jury indictment related to a robbery at Kolekole Beach Park on February 6. He is [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of June 3, 2013, through June 9, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 15 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One driver was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 570 [...]

Hawai’i Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release (update) Chief Harry Kubojiri wishes to thank the 608 members of the public who participated in the Hawai’i Police Department’s Community Satisfaction Survey and the news media for helping to attract this record number of participants during the month-long survey in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Acting Sergeant Clarence W. Davies Phone: 961-8118 Report No. C13014948   Media Release (update: adds that driver was arrested) A 45-year-old Kawaihae man died Wednesday (June 5) from injuries he received as a passenger in a motor vehicle collision on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway north of the Palani Intersection in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Dwayne Sluss as “Officer of the Month” for June in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (June 5) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Sluss was honored for his investigation of a theft case that [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8120   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is reminding the public that some areas along Kalanianaʻole Avenue in Keaukaha are designated “No Parking” zones and “Bike Lanes.” No Parking zones are designed to allow emergency vehicles access to assist the public. With the summer season [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014270 Media Release (update No. 3) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 22-year-old Alaska man who was reported missing. Boaz D. Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, last spoke to his family at noon on May 27. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13013876   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains in Puna. On May 24 at about 2:03 pm, police responded to a report of skeletal remains in a forested area near the 14-mile marker of [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Intelligence Unit Detective Tod Bello Phone: 961-2248 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are reminding the public that the “Kuleana Hotline” is not a substitute for 9-1-1 calls. In an emergency, always call 9-1-1. The Kuleana Hotline is designed to prevent tragic events in public places, including schools, restaurants and other locations [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Lieutenant William Gary Souther Phone: 887-3080 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public to beware of telephone scams, especially those that require a phone call to an unfamiliar area code. Some three-digit area codes that look like toll-free numbers connect callers to international telephone numbers. One of [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 249   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, June 18, from 12-2 p.m. at the Kona police station. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff and to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014365   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated an arson investigation in connection with a fire in Puna last week. At 5:37 p.m. Thursday (May 30) a structure fire was reported on 38th Avenue in the Orchidland Estates subdivision. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of May 27, 2013, through June 2, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014334 Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have released the suspect who was arrested Thursday in connection with a robbery at the Hāmākua Coast Community Federal Credit Union in Pepeʻekeo. After conferring with prosecutors, detectives released 37-year-old Kris R. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Office Officer Randy Morris Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 258/936-2789 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) in West Hawaiʻi is announcing its sign-up for a summer basketball league to be held from June 18 to July 18. The divisions playing will be 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, high school boys, girls [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13014544   Media Release A 47-year-old Kamuela man died Saturday (June 1) after being involved in a one-vehicle crash at the intersection of Kaiminani Drive and Wainana Place in North Kona. The driver was identified as Kurt T. Okada, of a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014270 Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 22-year-old Alaska man who was reported missing. Boaz D. Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, last spoke to his family at noon Monday (May 27). [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13014284   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a sexual assault late Wednesday night (May 29) in Kona. An adult female was walking west on Loloku Street in the old industrial area of Kailua-Kona at about 9:30 [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014098   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the victim whose body was found Tuesday (May 28) in waters off Kalapana in the Puna District. She was identified Thursday (May 30) through fingerprints as 25-year-old Brittany-Jane Royal, who [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014334 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a suspect in connection with a robbery Thursday afternoon (May 30) at a credit union in Pepeʻekeo. Investigation of the 1 p.m. robbery at the Hāmākua Coast Community Federal Credit Union [...]

Hawaiʻi P0lice Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014334 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a robbery at a credit union in Pepe‘ekeo on Thursday afternoon (May 30). Shortly after 1 p.m., a masked man pointed what appeared to be a handgun at  two tellers at the Hāmākua Coast [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014270 Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 22-year-old Alaska man who was reported missing. Boaz D. Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, last spoke to his family at noon Monday (May 27). He was reportedly in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014270 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 22-year-old Alaska man who was reported missing. Boaz D. Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska, last spoke to his family at noon Monday (May 27). He was reportedly in Puna. He is [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014098   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have reclassified a coroner’s inquest case to a murder in connection with the discovery of a body Tuesday (May 28) in waters off Kalapana in the Puna District. An autopsy conducted Wednesday [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone: 775-7533 Report Nos. C13014211, C13014212   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police Hawaiʻi Island police have located the missing Idaho couple. Kevin Butler, 21, and Kimberly Linder, 18, both of McCall, Idaho, were found unharmed Wednesday (May 29) in the Hāmākua District.

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Office Officer Jospeh J. Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 Media Release Forty-five youth participated in eight games during the Hawaiʻi Police Activities League’s 2013 “Click It or Ticket” 5-on-5 basketball tournament held at the Honomū gymnasium on April 27 during Honomū Family Fun Day. The breakdown of the participants was 17 from [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone: 775-7533 Report Nos. C13014211, C13014212   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an Idaho couple reported missing. Kevin Butler, 21, and Kimberly Linder, 18, both of McCall, Idaho, checked out of their Kona hotel on Friday (May 24) and told family members they [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13014152   Media Release (corrects phone number in 10th paragraph) A man and a woman were killed Tuesday (May 28) from injuries they received in a one-vehicle crash on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway at the 79-mile-marker in North Kona. The driver was [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone: 775-7533 Report Nos. C13014211, C13014212   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an Idaho couple reported missing. Kevin Butler, 21, and Kimberly Linder, 18, both of McCall, Idaho, checked out of their Kona hotel on Friday (May 24) and told family members they planned [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13014152   Media Release A man and a woman were killed Tuesday (May 28) from injuries they received in a one-vehicle crash on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway at the 79-mile-marker in North Kona. The driver was identified as Michelle K. Deluz, 24, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of May 20, 2013, through May 26, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 19 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13014098   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the discovery of a body in waters off Kalapana in the Puna district. At 6:28 a.m. Tuesday (May 28), personnel from the Hawaiʻi Police Department and Hawaiʻi Fire Department responded to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release (update no. 2) The public is reminded that they they have one week left to participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey about the Hawaiʻi Police Department. The internet survey, which opened May 1, will remain open until 4 p.m. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13006842 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 21-year-old Jensen Yadao of Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed on Maui on May 16.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release With the approach of the long Memorial Day weekend and the continuation of graduation parties, Hawaiʻi County police will be on alert to help prevent tragedy on our roads. Officers will conduct DUI checkpoints and roving patrols beginning Thursday, May [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13013429   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Pāhoa girl who was reported missing. Monica Carvalho has been missing since Sunday evening (May 19). She is described Caucasian, 5-foot-2, 110 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. Police [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13013259   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Keaʻau girl who was reported missing. Lexis Jenkins was last seen in Keaʻau on Saturday (May 18). She is described as African-American, 5-foot-5, 105 pounds with brown eyes and black [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13013431   Media Release (update No. 2) After conferring with prosecutors, Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have charged a 43-year-old Puna man in connection with a fatal shooting Monday (May 20) in the Nānāwle Estates subdivision. Seon Keoni Aki of Nānāwale [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Officer John Talich Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13003321   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 51-year-old Puna man wanted on a $40,000 bench warrant in connection with drug charges. Arthur Clayton of Keaʻau is also wanted for questioning in connection with a theft investigation. He is described [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are informing the public that the National “Click It or Ticket” campaign runs from May 20 through June 2. During this period, police will increase islandwide enforcement of seat belt and child restraint laws. To kick off the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13013431   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have positively identified the victim of the shooting Monday (May 20) in the Nanawale Estates subdivision. He is identified as 40-year-old Mateo D. Balinbin Jr. of Nanawale Estates. Balinbin’s autopsy, originally planned [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13013431   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the Puna District and left one person dead. Monday afternoon (May 20) at about 2:19 p.m., police responded to a call of a shooting victim found [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of May 13, 2013, through May 19, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 29 motorists for drunk driving. Ten of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Administrative Services Section Major Samuel Thomas Phone: 961-2265   Media Release The most recent edition of the Crime Stoppers television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted” highlights three men who were highlighted before but are still wanted. The new episode begins airing Friday (May 17). In it, police ask for the public’s help [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release (update) The public is reminded that they may participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey about the Hawaiʻi Police Department this month. The internet survey opened May 1 and will remain open until 4 p.m. Friday, May 31. It can [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone No. 775-7533 Report No. C13012849 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 62-year-old Honokaʻa man who was reported missing on Tuesday (May 14). Kevin Devlin, also known as Shawn Devlin, was last seen on Monday (May 13) between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of May 6, 2013, through May 12, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 28 motorists for drunk driving. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Eight were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release Members of the Hawaiʻi Police Department and the public celebrated Police Week on Monday (May 13) at the Hilo police station. A 21-gun salute, “Taps” and a candle-lighting ceremony were part of the tribute to the four Hawaiʻi Police Department officers [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13012523   Media Release (update) Police traffic investigators have identified the man who was killed Friday (May 10) from injuries he received in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on Highway 11 in the area of the 20-mile marker in Glenwood. The victim [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13012523   Media Release An unidentified man was killed Friday (May 10) from injuries he received in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on Highway 11 in the area of the 20-mile marker in Glenwood. Responding to a 7:29 p.m. call, Puna patrol [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri   Media Release A May 7, 2013, “press release” sent by attorney Dexter Kaiama to local media sources claims that certain state judges, attorneys and others are under investigation by the Hawaiʻi Police Department for alleged war crimes based on their role in foreclosure [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant William Derr Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13012179 Media Release A Canadian man who died Tuesday afternoon (May 7) while hiking across a lava field has been identified as 57-year-old Riccardo Scagliati of Victoria, British Columbia. Scagliati and a companion set out from the Kalapana viewing area Tuesday morning. On [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13012212   Media Release (update) The woman who died Tuesday (May 7) from injuries she received in a one-vehicle crash on North Kaniku Drive at the entrance of the Fairmont Orchid Hotel has been identified as 25-year-old woman Pamela Sue Gorman [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Program Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 FAX: 961-2209   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is hosting several HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” basketball tournaments during the month of June. June 8-9 is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the Keaʻau High School gym and covered courts. This event is open [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a scam involving email messages claiming to be from financial institutions. The email says it is an alert from a named bank and claims that the recipient’s account has experienced [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011885   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 26-year-old Hilo man for breaking into a home in Hilo last week. At 2 p.m. Tuesday (May 7), after conferring with prosecutors, detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release (corrects Friday’s date in last paragraph) Police Week festivities on the Big Island will be held next week (May 12-18). Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition of officers who have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release Police Week festivities on the Big Island will be held next week (May 12-18). Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition of officers who have died or been disabled in the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13012212   Media Release A 25-year-old woman from Hāwī died Tuesday (May 7) from injuries she received in a one-vehicle crash on North Kaniku Drive at the entrance of the Fairmont Orchid Hotel. Responding to a 7:57 p.m. call, South Kohala [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011916   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 27-year-old former resident of Pāhoa with several offenses stemming from incidents that occurred in the Puna District last weekend. On May 4, at 8:05 pm, Phillip Jon Richardson, who has [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Ka’ū District Captain Andrew Burian Phone: 939-2520 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, May 21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Nā’ālehu Community Center. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff and to discuss [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13011911   Media Release A routine traffic stop in Kona has led to the arrests of three persons in two separate cars. At 9:40 p.m. Saturday (May 4), a Kona patrol officer made a traffic stop on a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 29, 2013, through May 5, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Officer Matthew Bennett Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C13009285   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for questioning in a theft case. Merchandise valued at $226 was stolen from a retail store on the 96-200 block of Waikoloa Beach Drive [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Detective Renee Morinaka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 301 Report No. C12031753   Media Release Police are searching for a Big Island man wanted in an abuse case. The suspect, Raneiri Montijo, also goes by the names Adrian and Ray. He has lived in Hilo and Kona. He also [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Darryel Tolentino Phone: 961-2213   Media Release A fire in the Keaukaha area of Hilo caused the closure of Kalanianaʻole Avenue for several hours Friday (May 2). At approximately 8:18 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a fire on the 1900 block of Kalanianaʻole [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol District Acting Captain Reed K. Mahuna Phone: 965-2716 Report Number C13011470   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating an unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle case stemming from a road rage incident in Puna on Monday (April 29). After a traffic dispute around 6:45 p.m., the driver of a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Community Police Officer Tyler Prokopec as “Officer of the Month” for May in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (May 1) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Prokopec was honored for his response to community complaints [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011006   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the man who died in an industrial accident in Mountain View on April 25 as 56-year-old Yves Morel of Raleigh, North Carolina. An autopsy conducted Friday (April 26) determined that [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011076   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 26-year-old Puna man who was arrested Monday (April 29) in connection with a suspicious fire on Friday (April 26). Justin James Clark of Kurtistown is charged with [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011076   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 26-year-old Puna man who was arrested Monday in connection with a suspicious fire. Justin James Clark of Kurtistown was charged at 10 a.m. Tuesday (April 20) with first-degree arson. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Officer Joseph Passmore Phone: 965-2716 Report Number C13011407   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the theft of a solar photo voltaic system from MacKenzie State Park in Puna sometime between April 26 and April 28. One or more persons apparently climbed onto the roof of the park’s new [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011076 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with a suspicious fire Friday (April 26). At 10:48 a.m. Friday, patrol officers and Fire Department personnel responded to a structure fire at Alulu Road and Oʻoaʻa [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 22, 2013, through April 28, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 28 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 68-year-old Paulo Vakautafefine of Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found a short distance from his Wainaku home at 3:55 p.m. Friday. After paramedics examined him, he was returned to his family.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The public is invited to participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey for the Hawaiʻi Police Department during the month of May. Chief Harry Kubojiri said previous Community Satisfaction Surveys helped him identify actions the Police Department could take to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona District Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 249 Media Release The Kona police station will be extending its hours for firearms registration beginning next month. Effective May 1, the hours for firearms registration at the Kona station will be 8:30 a.m. through 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. (The firearms registration offices [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Allan Watanabe Phone: 961-2213   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 68-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Paulo Vakautafefine left his home on Mokuhonua Lane in the Wainaku area sometime between 4:30 and 6:30 a.m. Friday (April 26). He was last seen wearing a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13011006   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a fatal industrial accident in the Puna District on Thursday morning (April 25). At about 9:14 a.m., police and Hawaiʻi Fire Department medics received a report of an apparent industrial accident [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Derek Morimoto on Thursday (April 25) as “Officer of the Month” for April. Morimoto, a detective in the Area I Criminal Investigations Section, was honored for spearheading the search for a missing [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13008988 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a second suspect in connection with a burglary on Queen Kalama Avenue in Kailua-Kona on April 5. Ammon K. Kamohai, 22, of Kailua-Kona was initially arrested Monday  afternoon (April 22) [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13008399   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have filed charges against the non-custodial father and grandmother of a 2-year-old Lanaʻi boy who was with them on Hawaiʻi Island. At 11 a.m. Wednesday (April 24), detectives from the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13008399     Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located a missing 2-year-old Lanaʻi boy, who was in the company of his non-custodial father and grandmother in Puna. Detectives from the Area I Juvenile Aid Section found all three [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, ext. 287 Report No. C13010188   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 17-year-old Aisha Freitas of Kona, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed in Kona at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday (April 23).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety. On [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13008399   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Lanaʻi boy and the woman last seen with him. Kingszon Sanchez is described as Hispanic, 2-foot-6, 35 pounds with long brown hair, and brown [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13006842 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a missing 21-year-old Hilo man. Jensen Joshua Yadao was last contacted by a relative on March 10 and has not been seen since. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 15, 2013, through April 22, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 20 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 409 DUI arrests compared with [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Captain Aimee Wana Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C12030206   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 42-year-old Kailua-Kona man who is wanted on a bench warrant and two warrants of arrest. Nohea Gene Heinicke is described as 5-foot-5, 160 pounds with brown/black hair and dark brown eyes. [...]