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Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Division Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 326-4646, ext. 299 Report No. C13010188   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Kona girl who was reported missing. Aisha Freitas was last seen at Konawaena High School on Tuesday (April 16). She is described as 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-5, 110 pounds [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone:  961-2332 Report No. C13010224     Media Release (update) Police traffic investigators have identified a man who died Wednesday (April 17) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision on Highway 11 in the area of the 18-mile marker in Glenwood. The victim [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone:  961-2332 Report No. C13010224     Media Release An unidentified man died Wednesday (April 17) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision on Highway 11 in the area of the 18-mile-marker in Glenwood. Responding to a 3:06 a.m. call, Puna patrol officers [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 8, 2013, through April 14, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 28 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. C13009080   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged 31-year-old Bernard K. Antoque, who was wanted  in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver in Hilo. Antoque, who has no permanent address, was arrested Thursday evening (April 11) [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266   Media Release A 23-year-old Kona man has been charged with several offenses in connection with a burglary on Queen Kalama Avenue in Kailua-Kona on April 5. Tonino Benson of Kailua-Kona was arrested Wednesday (April 10) on suspicion of burglary. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13005363   Media Release (update) Police traffic investigators are renewing their request for information about the identity of the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run motor vehicle/pedestrian crash in Kealakekua on February 28. The crash crash on Hawaii Belt [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 25-year-old Kapaʻau woman wanted on a warrant and for questioning in an unrelated case. Malia Rivera is wanted on a $10,000 bench warrant for violating probation in an abuse case. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Richard Miyamoto Phone: 775-7533 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, April 16, from noon to 2 p.m. in the conference room at the North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center in Honokaʻa. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala District Sergeant Zachary Houchin Phone: 889-6540 Report No. C13006456   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for stealing iron materials in North Kohala or for information about the location of the stolen goods. Sometime between the beginning of [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 1, 2013, through April 7, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 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 have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Joseph Picadura Phone: 935-3311 Report No. C13008168   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted for shoplifting. On March 27 at about 4:20 p.m. the unidentified woman removed items from a Hilo retail establishment without paying for them. She [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13009080   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 31-year-old Hilo man wanted for questioning in connection with the robbery of a taxi driver in Hilo. Bernard K. Antoque is described as part Hawaiian, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13009165 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 21-year-old Pepeʻekeo woman in connection with an escape from a Hilo correctional facility. At 5:32 p.m. Sunday (April 7), after conferring with prosecutors, detectives charged Shaylyn Momi Araw with second-degree escape. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are reminding motorists to yield to emergency vehicles traveling with lights and sirens. According to state law, motorists are required to yield the right of way to emergency vehicles. Motorists shall immediately drive to a position clear [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13007303   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Pāhoa girl who was reported missing. Tearon Pacheco-Fernandez was last seen in Pāhoa at 7 p.m. on March 19. She is described as Hawaiian, 5-feet tall, 120 pounds [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 962-2255 Report No. C13004239   Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a missing 51-year-old Japanese National. Hiromichi Yoshino was last seen in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on February 13 at approximately 9 a.m. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Stephen Kishimoto as “Officer of the Month” for April in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (April 3) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Kishimoto was honored for his successful investigation of a burglary. On December [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 962-2255 Report No. C13004239   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a missing 51-year-old Japanese National. Hiromichi Yoshino was last seen in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on February 13 at approximately 9 a.m. His  rented vehicle, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13008571   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 20-year-old Pāhoa man in connection with a burglary that occurred last year in the Puna District. At 5 p.m. Monday (April 1), after conferring with prosecutors, detectives from the Area [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C13008556     Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 22-year-old Kyson Kaleiwahea of Volcano, who was wanted on outstanding warrants and for questioning in connection with burglaries in Hilo. Police located Kaleiwahea Monday afternoon (April 1) at a shopping plaza on [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Technical Services Division Major James O’Connor   Media Release Shortly before  noon Tuesday (April 2), while technicians were conducting repairs to the Hawaiʻi Island tsunami warning siren system, the warning sirens were inadvertently activated island wide. There is no emergency. The Hawaiʻi Police Department deeply regrets any inconvenience or confusion this may [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 25, 2013, through March 31, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 34 motorists for drunk driving. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Five were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Communications Dispatch Center Sergeant Kelley Matsumoto Phone: 961-8807   Media Release (clarification: deletes “numerous” from first paragraph) The Hawaiʻi Police Department received 911 calls Monday morning in response to an April Fool’s joke. A local radio station falsely reported on its website that Saddle Road was closed at the 28-mile marker due [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release A newly-designed Hawaiʻi Police Department flag will make its debut in the Merrie Monarch parade on Saturday (April 6). The design of the flag was chosen in a vote by Police Department employees as the result of a contest [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Communications Dispatch Center Sergeant Kelley Matsumoto Phone: 961-8807   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department received numerous 911 calls Monday morning in response to an April Fool’s joke. A local radio station falsely reported on its website that Saddle Road was closed at the 28-mile marker due to a lava flow. The [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Detective Fetuutuunai Ahuihuia Phone: 961-2278 Report No. C13007791 Media Release (update) Police have identified the man who drowned March 23 in Puna as 37-year-old Jay Patrick Corbett of Gunnison, Colorado. At 3:38 p.m. on that date, Puna police officers responded to a report of a swimmer in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 971-2252 Report No. C13008025 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the Puna man arrested last Tuesday (March 26) in connection with an incident involving a barricaded subject in the Eden Roc subdivision. Jeffrey K. Cabantan, 55, of Eden Roc was charged Thursday [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized South Hilo Patrol Officer Jared Cabatu on Thursday (March 28) as “Officer of the Month” for March. Cabatu was honored for his investigation of a fraudulent use of a credit card case. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Daniel Mlakar Phone:  326-4646 Report No. C13008159   Media Release  A 70-year-old Canadian man apparently drowned Wednesday (March 27) at Kahaluʻu Beach Park. Responding to a 3:40 p.m. call, Kona police officers learned that witnesses had observed a swimmer snorkeling when he became motionless about 40 feet from shore. A lifeguard [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Hilo District Phone: 962-2120 Report No. C13006926 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the theft of a tractor over the past weekend along the Hāmākua Coast. Sometime between 4:30 p.m. Friday (March 22) and 8:20 a.m. Monday (March 25), a green John Deere front end loader was removed from property [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Detective Fetuutuunai Ahuihuia Phone: 961-2278 Report No. C13007791 Media Release Preliminary results of an autopsy performed Tuesday (March 26) indicate that a 37-year-old Colorado man died of accidental drowning. At 3:38 p.m. Saturday (March 23) Puna police officers responded to a report of a swimmer in distress [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 971-2252 Report No. C13008025   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating an incident involving a barricaded subject in the Eden Roc subdivision in the Puna District. Shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday (March 26), Puna officers responded to a call of an armed [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Office Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 / Fax: 961-2209   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is hosting a HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” 5-on-5 basketball tournament during the Honomū Family Fun Day at the Honomū Gymnasium on April 27. This tournament is open to the first eight teams in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 18, 2013, through March 24, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 31 motorists for drunk driving. Two of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Acting Lieutenant James Gusman Phone: 961-2276 Report No.  C13007750 Media Release A Puna woman was arrested over the weekend in connection with a stabbing in the Ainaloa Estates subdivision. At 5 a.m. Saturday (March 23), Puna patrol officers responded to a report of a man screaming for [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Robert Sakata Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 276 Report No. C13005986   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 15-year-old girl reported as missing. Shellsea W. Gouveia-Asuncion has been missing from her Kona home since March 6. She may be in Kona or Hilo. She is [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13007601   Media Release (update) Police have identified the man killed Thursday (March 21) from a moped crash on Painted Church Road in Hōnaunau, as 23-year-old Shyden D. Bento of a Captain Cook address. Responding to a 9:07 p.m. call Thursday, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Detective Sharlotte Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 278 Report No. C13002637 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for harassment and sexual assault on a public bus. On January 28 at about 3:25 p.m. the unidentified man touched a [...]

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 36-year-old Chad Chun of Puna, who was reported missing. He was found Monday morning in Puna. As a precaution, he was taken to Hilo Medical Center for observation and then released.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13007601   Media Release An unidentified male died Thursday (March 21) from injuries he sustained in a moped crash on Painted Church Road in Hōnaunau, South Kona. Responding to a 9:07 p.m. call, Kona patrol officers determined that the victim was [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo District Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2214 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a recent rash of car break-ins. During the months of January and February, 35 cars were entered illegally at parks, shopping centers and homes in the South Hilo District. Of those, 27 auto break-ins [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2214   Media Release A Pepeʻekeo man and woman were arrested for burglary and other offenses Monday morning (March 18) in connection with several break-ins during the month of January in the Pepeʻekeo and Nīnole areas. Shaylyn Araw, 21, was arrested and charged with two [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Robert Sakata Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 276 Report No. C13005217   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old boy who was reported missing. Matthew Campbell was last seen at his Waikoloa home on February 22. He may be in Kona, Hāmākua, South Kohala or [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Detective Renee Morinaka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 301 Report No. C12023236   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 22-year-old Kona man wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault. William John Johnson, who has no permanent address, is also [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13006842 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking 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. He is described [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Robert Sakata Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 276 Report No. C12033115 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old boy who was reported missing from Kona. Chance Gorelangton-Kuanoni was last seen in Kailua-Kona on December 10, 2012. He is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with brown [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release In conjunction with the 50th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, a temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on Kalanikoa Street in Hilo. Traffic will be allowed to flow in the makai, or northerly, direction on Kalanikoa Street between Piʻilani Street [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13006990   Media Release (update) Police traffic investigators have identified a 53-year-old Hilo woman died Saturday (March 16) from injuries she received in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision at the intersection Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) and Pukihae Street in Hilo. The [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 11, 2013, through March 17, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 36 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four of the drivers were under the age of 21. So far this [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol Sergeant Juergen Canda Phone: 965-2716 Report No. 13006985     Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 36-year-old Puna man. Chad Chun was last seen in the area of 15-1402 11th Avenue, Hawaiian Paradise Park on Saturday (March 16, 2013) at about [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13006876 Media Release A 3-year-old Hilo boy died Friday (March 15) from injuries he received after being run over by a pick-up truck in the Eden Roc subdivision in Mountain View. The boy was identified as Treston S.C. Crowley, of a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13006990   Media Release A 53-year-old Hilo woman died Saturday (March 16) from injuries she received in a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision at the intersection Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Route 19) and Pukihae Street in Hilo. Responding to a 9:38 p.m. call, South [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Ryan Domingo as “Officer of the Year” and Ian Smith as “Firefighter of the Year” in a dinner ceremony Thursday evening (March 14). Domingo joined the Police Department in 2003 and is [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone:  961-2305   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is informing motorists that police will conduct island-wide DUI checkpoints during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend.  The effort is part of a national and statewide campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”  Additionally, Hawaiʻi Island [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section,  Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone:  961-2252 C12016835       Media Release (Update) Police have charged a 25-year-old Pahoa man for several offenses stemming from an armed robbery that occurred last year in Hilo. Yesterday (March 12, 2013) at 4:40 pm, upon conferring with prosecutors, detectives from the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 4, 2013, through March 10, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 31 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One of the drivers was under the age of 21. So far this [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone:  961-2252 C13006181 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 51-year-old David Anthony Lema of  Kamuela, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed in Paʻauilo on March 8th (Friday).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section,  Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone:  961-2252 C13006181     Media Release Tha Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 51 year-old Kamuela man. David Anthony Lema was last seen in the area of the Kukaiau Ranch this morning (March 8, 2013) at [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Detective Norbert Serrao Phone: 961-2383 Report No. C12029264   Media Release (update No. 2) Big Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a 47-year-old Puna man who was reported missing last year. Robert Allen Park is described as Hawaiian, about 5-foot-7, about [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Media Release In response to numerous community complaints, police executed a narcotics search warrant Monday (March 4) at a residence on the 77-6500 block of Seaview Circle in Kailua-Kona. The Area II Vice Section worked in conjunction with Community Policing officers [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 80th Recruit Class was recognized Wednesday (March 6) during ceremonies held at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. The 20 police recruits, who just completed six months of intensive training, will undergo four months of on-the-job field training [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Brant Powers as “Officer of the Month” for March in a luncheon ceremony March 6 at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Powers was honored for his arrest of a burglary suspect who fled [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Sergeant Danette Tavares Phone:775-7533 Report No. C13005154   Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Hāmākua woman who was reported missing. Cherie Crystal Grace Ward, 26, moved to Hawaiʻi in December. Her family on the mainland has not heard from [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Sergeant Danette Tavares Phone:775-7533 Report No. C13005154   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Hāmākua woman who was reported missing. Cherie Crystal Grace Ward, 26, moved to Hawaiʻi in December. Her family on the mainland has not heard from her since December [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13005147   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a missing 57-year-old Pāpaʻaloa woman. Kelie Ann Feliciano Sensano, also known as Kelie Sensano, is described as Caucasian, about 5-foot-5, 150 pounds [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C12033856   Media Release A Kona man has been charged with burglary for a break-in that occurred late last year in Kailua-Kona. The December 17 burglary took place at a home on Onaona Drive. Police developed a suspect, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 25, 2013, through March 3, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 210 DUI arrests compared with 249 [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release Chief Harry S. Kubojiri has promoted Mitchell Kanehailua to the rank of major and assigned him to the Area II Operations Division in West Hawaiʻi. Kanehailua, who joined the Police Department in 1984, has held previous assignments in Kona, Hilo, [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C12032822   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Puna girl reported as missing. Charlierose Rodrigues-Kihe was last see in Keaʻau on December 7. She is described as 5-foot-3, 130 pounds with black hair and eyes. Police [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C12023548   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Hilo man in connection with three burglaries in Kona last year. Two of the burglaries took place August 29 in the Seaview Circle subdivision. The third was October [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Colin Pacheco Phone: 935-3311 Report No. C12032801   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman wanted in connection with a theft investigation. A wallet was removed from a shopping cart in the parking lot of Target Stores in Hilo on [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Burt Shimabukuro Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C13005370   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have dismantled a sophisticated underground bunker marijuana-growing operation in Puna. Ending a two-year-long investigation that began in Kona, Vice Section officers served a search warrant Thursday on a home on Kokokahi Road in Glenwood. [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Sergeant Grad Elarionoff Phone: 326-4646 Report No. C13005563 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning Friday in waters off Keahole Point in the Kona District. Responding to an 8 p.m. call Friday (March 1), officers discovered that a 62-year-old woman, identified as Carolanne Perry of West Valley [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13005363   Media Release Police traffic investigators have identified a 71-year-old Kealakekua man who died Thursday (February 28) in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on the Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11) and Hokukano Road in Kealakekua. The pedestrian was identified as Francisco [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officers Murray Toledo and Luke Watkins on Thursday (February 28) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officers of the Month” for February. The two officers, who are assigned to the Puna District, were honored [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are reminding bicyclists that they must follow all traffic laws that apply to motorists when they travel on public roadways. In addition, bicyclists must ride in single file, as far to the right of the road as possible [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13005363   Media Release A 71-year-old Kealakekua man died Thursday (February 28) from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle/pedestrian crash on the Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11) and Hokukano Road in Kealakekua. Responding to a 1:32 a.m. call, Kona patrol [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol Sergeant Robert Hatton Phone No. 965-2716 Report No. C13002122 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect caught on video during the theft of a weed eater. The crime took place in Puna in late January of 2013. The suspect appears to [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13005147   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 57-year-old Hāmākua woman. Kelie Ann Feliciano Sensano, also known as Kelie Sensano, is described as Caucasian, about 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with straight brown [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No. C13004848   Media Release Three people were arrested Friday (February 22) when vice officers served a search warrant on a home in Waikoloa. During the search at the house on the 68-1600 block of Alana Street, police recovered 13.5 [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 18, 2013, through February 24, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 38 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Hilo District Officer Angitau Faanunu Phone: 962-2120 Report No. C13004234   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in providing information about a theft from a tourist attraction in the North Hilo District. Sometime between the night of February 14 and the morning of February 15, someone [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Detective Jason Berryhill Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 275 Report No. C13005102   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the death of an infant as a coroner’s inquest. At 5:44 a.m. Monday (February 25), Kona patrol officers responded to a home on the 74-4000 block of Māmalahoa Highway [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Detective Jason Berryhill Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 275 Report No. C13004434 Media Release A Kona man has been charged with kidnapping and other offenses in connection with a robbery last week in Kailua-Kona. On February 17, Kona patrol officers responded to an apartment on the 75-5000 block of [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Detective Walter Ah Mow Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 238 Report No. C13004850 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the apparent drowning of a toddler in Kailua-Kona as a public accident. Responding to an 8:58 a.m. call Friday (February 22) Kona patrol officers made contact with a 30-year-old [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. 13004268   Media Release Two Kona women are in police custody following their arrest for the robbery of a teenage girl. On February 15 at 2:24 p.m., a 13-year-old Kailua-Kona girl reported that she had been waiting for [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Branden Watanabe as “Officer of the Month” for February in a luncheon ceremony February 6 at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Watanabe, who joined the Police Department two years ago, was honored for [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Sergeant Paul Bugado Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 296 Report No. C12004644 Media Release A 67-year-old Kona woman apparently drowned Wednesday (February 20) in waters near the Kailua Pier. She was identified as Nga Angie Prieto of Kailua-Kona. In response to a 9:30 a.m. call of a possible drowning, officers determined that [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala District Captain Albert Jason Cortez Phone: 889-6540 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Thursday, February 21, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Kohala Intergenerational Center in Kapaʻau. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 11, 2013, through February 17, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 20 motorists for drunk driving. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been147 DUI arrests compared with 183 during [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13003146   Media Release (update: adds bail amount in last paragraph) Three Ocean View residents have been charged with burglary and other offenses in connection with a break-in at a business establishment in Kaʻū earlier this month. On [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13003146   Media Release Three Ocean View residents have been charged with burglary and other offenses in connection with a break-in at a business establishment in Kaʻū earlier this month. On February 4, Kaʻū officers responded to a [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release To accommodate mass walkers at the 16th Annual Hilo Heart & Stroke Walk & Health Fair, a temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on Banyan Drive for one hour on Saturday, March 2. Traffic will be allowed to flow in [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Captain Aimee Wana Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C13004328 Media Release On February 16 at approximately 8:18 a.m., South Kohala patrol officers responded to the Foodland Stores market in Kamuela on a report of a grenade that was found to be within the produce section of the store. The store [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Report No. Phone: 961-2252   Media Release (update) Thanks to numerous tips from the public, Hawaiʻi Island police have located 40-year-old Crystal Marie Torres, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants. Torres, who is also known as Crystal Torres Bolosan, was arrested on the [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Lorenzo Artienda Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C13004202   Media Release Big Island police are asking  for the public’s assistance in identifying two suspect’s in a reported robbery that occurred in Hilo. On Thursday evening (February 14) at 9:58 p.m., police received a report from a 20-year-old Hilo man [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section,  Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone:  961-2252 Report No. C13003922   Media Release (Update No. 2) Autopsies performed on the victims of a double shooting confirmed a cause of death. Based on the examination performed on Elaine Ahu, 74, the medical examiner ruled that the cause of her death [...]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Robert Hatton Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13004239     Media Release Big Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 51-year-old Japanese National. Hiromichi Yoshino was last seen in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday (February 13) at approximately 8:57 a.m. Yoshino’s rented vehicle, [...]