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Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentHāmākua DistrictSergeant Tyson MatsumuraPhone: 775-7533Report No. C130343888   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen pickup truck. Sometime between December 28 and December 29, a lowered primer-black 1986 Toyota 2-wheel-drive pickup truck was taken from Honokaʻa town. The truck’s license plate is HJV 353. It […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area ILieutenant Gregory EstebanPhone: 961-2252Report No. C14005724   Media Release A Hilo man has been arrested after allegedly stealing two vehicles belonging to the County of Hawaiʻi. On Monday (March 3), South Hilo Patrol officers responded to a report that a 2007 Ford Explorer had been stolen from a Hawaiʻi […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14000886   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted for the attempted robbery of a bank in Hilo in January. Just before 6 p.m.  on January 10, police responded […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13029246   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about an attempted robbery that occurred in Hilo on October 31, 2013. At about 8 p.m. on that date, police responded to the Waiākea Villas after […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area IILieutenant Gerald WikePhone: 326-4646, Ext. 266   Media Release A 20-year-old man faces an assortment of criminal charges following a burglary early Tuesday (March 4) in Kealakekua. At 4:36 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a burglary in progress at an apartment complex on Kiloa Road. A […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Harry S. KubojiriPhone: 961-2244   Media Release Officer Denise Smith-Erickson has earned the statewide distinction of State of Hawaiʻi D.A.R.E. Officer of the Year for 2013. Smith-Erickson, a 14-year veteran of the Hawaiʻi Police Department, is a Community Policing officer in the South Kohala District. Among her responsibilities is […]

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

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentAdministrative Services DivisionMajor Samuel ThomasPhone: 961-2265   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about an email scam from someone posing as a real estate agent. A Puna man received an email claiming that his home would be seized by police because of suspected illegal activities. It states that the recipient […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentAdministrative Services SectionMajor Samuel ThomasPhone: 961-2265   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about several scams that have been reported by island residents. A Keaʻau couple reported being the target of three telephone scams within two weeks. The first was a telephone call to their cell phone claiming they had […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 24, 2014, through March 2, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 29 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolSergeant Darryel TolentinoPhone: 961-2213Report No. M14011804   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a telephone utility scam. A Hilo woman received a phone call from someone posing as a representative of Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company. The caller claimed the recipient’s electric bill was overdue and threatened to […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentVice Section, Area IILieutenant Sherry BirdPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 226Report No. C14004674   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Hāwī man and his mother and charged them with meth distribution and other offenses. On Thursday morning (February 27), officers from the Area II Vice Section, North Kohala Patrol and Community Policing served […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release To accommodate mass walkers at the 17th Annual Hilo Heart & Stroke Walk & Health Fair, a temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on Banyan Drive. Traffic will be allowed to flow in the makai, or northeasterly, direction on […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Harry S. KubojiriPhone: 961-2244   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer John Balberde as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month” for January and Officers Charisse Wakita and Earl Haskell as “Officers of the Month” for February. Balberde was recognized for apprehending a repeat […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolLieutenant James GusmanPhone: 961-2213Report No. C14003950   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery at a public beach earlier in the month. At 11:33 a.m. on February 14, South Hilo Patrol officers responded to a report of a robbery two hours earlier in the parking lot of Carlsmith Beach […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolLieutenant James GusmanPhone: 961-2213Report No. C14003950   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 72-year-old woman who was reported missing. Carol Westbrook, who has no permanent address, was last heard from by her family during the first week of February. She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-3, 120 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area ILieutenant Gregory EstebanPhone: 961-2252Report No. C14003089   Media Release A Hilo man has been charged with nine offenses after he allegedly banged into another man twice with a sports-utility vehicle. At 7:17 p.m. on February 2, police responded to Hilo Medical Center, where it was reported that a 49-year-old […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentKaʻū DistrictCaptain Burt ShimabukuroPhone: 939-2520Report No. C14003894   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects involved in a theft in Nāʻālehu. On February 11, at about 4:06 p.m., police received a call from a 53-year-old homeowner reporting that unknown suspects had removed 10 80-pound brown burlap […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Detective Renee Morinaka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 301 Report C13028699   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about the whereabouts of 21-year-old Moala Kuahuia Kaupu of Kailua-Kona, who is wanted for abuse of a family/household member. He is described as 5-foot-11, 185 pounds with brown […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentKaʻū DistrictSergeant Zachary FernandoPhone: 939-2520Report No. C14004772   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 65-year-old Nāʻālehu woman who was reported missing. Maffriette Silk was last seen in Kona on February 5 wearing a white leather jacket and a beige dress. She has a medical condition that requires medication. Silk is described […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentJuvenile Aid Section, Area IILieutenant Gilbert GasparPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 230   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the hospitalization of a 2-month-old Hōlualoa boy. On Wednesday (February 19), the Area II Juvenile Aid Section was notified by Child Welfare Services in Honolulu that the infant had been taken by […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement Unit, Area ISergeant Christopher D. GaliPhone: 961-2332Report No. C14004585   Media Release A Puna man died Wednesday (February 19) after a tractor he was operating fell off a cliff and into a stream. He has been identified as 25-year-old Jose Luiz Hernandez-Miranda of Keaʻau. Shortly after 11:26 a.m., police responded to […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area ILieutenant Gregory EstebanPhone: 961-2252Report No. C14004353   Media Release A Puna man has been charged with five offenses in connection with a gun incident early Monday morning in Puna. In response to a 2:24 a.m. call Monday (February 17), Puna patrol officers responded to 28th Avenue in the Hawaiian […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 10, 2014, through February 16, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area ILieutenant Gregory EstebanPhone: 961-2252Report No. C14004354   Media Release A Puna man has been charged with assault after his neighbor went to the hospital with substantial injuries to his face and body. at 2:49 a.m. Monday (February 17), South Hilo Patrol officers responded to Hilo Medical Center, where a […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentJuvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Gilbert GasparPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 230Report No. C14000695   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 34-year-old Nathan AhLoo, who was wanted for abuse and contempt of court. AhLoo was arrested Friday (February 14) and charged with contempt of court and three counts of abuse of a family/household member. His […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13025400   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 16-year-old Desiree Tolentino-Awai of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed Friday afternoon (February 14) in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 81st Recruit Class was recognized Friday (February 14) during ceremonies held at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. The police recruits, who just completed six months of intensive training, will undergo four months of on-the-job field training with […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictLieutenant Juergen CandaPhone: 887-3080Report No. C14000695   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for 34-year-old Nathan AhLoo, who is wanted for four abuse cases. He is also wanted on a $2,000 bench warrant for contempt of court. He is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-11, 200 pounds with brown eyes and black hair, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille MelemaiPhone: 961-2254Report No. C14003964   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 10-year-old  Satyavati Dasi-Lazar of Pāhoa, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed and uninjured in Pāhoa Town on Wednesday afternoon (February 12), after a Good Samaritan found her in Opihikāō and […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentPuna DistrictCaptain Samuel JelsmaPhone: 965-2716Report No. C14003964   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing from Opihikāō. Satyavati Dasi-Lazar is described as 4-foot-6 to 4-foot-7 with blue eyes, blond shoulder-length hair and stitches on her right knee. She was last seen around 10:30 a.m.  Wednesday […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Daniel Mlakar Phone: 326-4646 Ext. 253 Report No. C14003889   Media Release A 90-year-old man died Tuesday (February 11) from injuries he sustained when a storage shed on his property collapsed on him. He was identified as Walter K. Sugi of a Hōnaunau address. Police determined that Sugi had […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14003586   Media Release A 33-year-old man has been charged with four offenses stemming from the robbery of a convenience store over the weekend. At approximately 3 a.m. Saturday (February 8), two men entered a convenience store at the corner […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-22213 Report No. C14003685   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a public accident that caused the death of an Oahu man on Sunday (February 9). At 11:28 a.m. Sunday, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report that a man had fallen from […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release (correction in 3rd paragraph) During the week of February 3, 2014, through February 9, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 3, 2014, through February 9, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14003325   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the 54-year-old Hilo man who was arrested Thursday (February 6) in connection with a reported robbery in Downtown Hilo on Wednesday (February 5). At 5:05 p.m. Friday (February 7), detectives […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Marvin Troutman Sr. Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C14003318   Media Release (update No. 2) An autopsy was conducted Friday (February 7) on the body of 52-year-old Matthew B. Lee of Kailua-Kona, who died Wednesday (February 5) in a two-vehicle crash on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14003325   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have a 54-year-old Hilo man in custody for an alleged robbery in Downtown Hilo Wednesday (February 5). At about 12:03 p.m., police responded to the Moʻoheau bus terminal after receiving a report of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002555   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men wanted for a theft in Puna last week. On January 29 at about 11:40 p.m., police received a call from a 60-year-old homeowner […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Lieutenant Gilbert Gaspar Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 230 Report No. C13025868   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 41-year-old man wanted for abuse of a family/household member. Justin S. Hollenbaugh also goes by the name Hacha Carva. He has no permanent address but was last […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Area II Operations Major Mitchell Kanehailua Jr. Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 270 Report No. C14003336   Media Release On Wednesday (February 5) at about 1:11 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a reported construction site accident with injuries in Hōlualoa. It was determined that 38-year-old Donny Loando of Hōlualoa had been operating a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Marvin Troutman Sr. Phone: 326-4646, ext 229 Report No. C14003318   Media Release A 52-year-old Kona man died Wednesday (February 5) from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway. He was identified as Matthew B. Lee of Kailua-Kona. Responding to an 11:30 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Captain Chad Basque Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 263 Report No. C14003185   Media Release (update) An autopsy was conducted Wednesday (February 5) on the body of 39-year-old Randall Hatori of Kailua-Kona, who died Tuesday in the course of an arrest. The medical examiner deferred the cause of death […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League Officer Randy Morris 326-4646 Ext. 2588   Media Release On January 18-19, 208 youths participated in 92 games in the 26th Annual HI-PAL/Hope Chapel 3-on-3  Basketball Jam. Forty-nine teams from all over the island competed in good sportsmanship with a competitive spirit. The top three teams in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Marlin Hopson as “Officer of the Month” for February in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (February 5) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Hopson was honored for arresting two brothers who were riding in a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Captain Randall Medeiros Phone: 887-3080 Report No. T14000593   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police closed a portion of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway Wednesday (February 5) between Puakō Beach Drive and the entrance to the Mauna Lani Resort while officers investigated a fatal traffic collision near the 71-mile marker just South […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13017865   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 50-year-old man who is wanted on a $500 bench warrant.  Cedric Pulgados is also wanted for questioning in connection with an unrelated case. He is described as 5-foot-7, 240 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaii Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Lieutenant Darren Horio Phone: 961-8121 FAX: 961-8845   Media Release Fifty-nine youths from seven teams participated in the HI-PAL Click It or Ticket 12-and-Under Hoops Championships this past weekend, February 1-2, at Waiākea-Uka Gym. Kiaʻi Apele poured in 20 points and Jerek Prudencio added eight as Hoop […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Captain Chad Basque Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 263 Report No. C14003185   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 39-year-old Kona man who died in police custody. At 12:30 a.m. Tuesday (February 4), a Kona Patrol officer made a traffic stop […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C14002315   Media Release (update no. 2) A Kaʻū man who was arrested Thursday (January 30) in connection with a robbery involving a hatchet has been charged for that case and for another robbery. After police put out […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of January 27, 2014, through February 2, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 29 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol Lieutenant Reed Mahuna Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C14001382   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 23-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Philip Voelker was last seen near Orchidland in the Puna District sometime in November 2013. He is described as 6-foot-4, 210 pounds with a thin […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C14002864   Media Release The body of a missing Pepeʻekeo man was found Sunday after Akaka Falls state park was closed to allow Fire Department personnel to search for him. Jeffrey Reyes, 53, was reported missing Friday night (January 31).  He was […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13030058   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 16-year-old Brianna Kehaulani Freitas-Jones of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was found in good health Friday (January 31) in Puna.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island now has one Crime Stoppers telephone number to serve the entire island. The number is 961-8300. In the past, two community organizations ran Crime Stoppers operations, one serving East Hawaiʻi and one serving West Hawaiʻi. The community […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002605   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the man arrested after a bank robbery that took place Wednesday afternoon (January 29) in Hilo. At 12:05 p.m. Friday (January 31),  61-year-old Lelome Kahaualoa Rogers, who has no permanent address, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C14001550   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 37-year-old Kailua-Kona man who was reported missing. Robert Keawe Lopaka Ryder was last contacted on Thanksgiving Day, 2013. He is described as […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002650   Media Release A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with several offenses following a robbery in Pāhoa on Wednesday night (January 29). Puna Patrol officers responded to a 9:09 p.m. report that a 59-year-old Pāhoa man had been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Invstigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C14001493   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 38-year-old Kohala man who was reported missing. Jonathan Riveira was last seen at a Hāwī home January 12. He reportedly told a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Alan Kimura Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C14002762   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Friday morning (January 31) in Hilo. Between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., a 31-year-old man was standing on the sidewalk on the mauka side of Kanoelehua Avenue near the intersection of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C14002315   Media Release A a Kaʻū man who was being sought in connection with a robbery involving a hatchet has been arrested. Kaʻū patrol officers arrested 23-year-old Kainoa Kahele-Bishop of Ocean View Thursday morning (January 30). He […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002699   Media Release Two high school students are in police custody in connection with a small explosion at Hilo High School. No one was injured in the incident. At 11:34 a.m. Thursday (January 30), South Hilo Patrol officers responded […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002605   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a bank robbery that took place Wednesday afternoon (January 29) in Hilo. At 1:42 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a robbery at Central Pacific Bank on Kīlauea […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C14002315   Media Release A Kaʻū woman has been arrested and a Kaʻū man is being sought in connection with a robbery involving a hatchet. In response to a 9:22 a.m. call Sunday (January 26), Kaʻū patrol officers received […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Lieutenant Darren Horio Phone: 961-2350 FAX: 961-8845   Media Release Sixty-one youths participated in the HI-PAL Click It or Ticket Hoops Clinic for Elementary and Intermediate students held at the Panaʻewa play courts on January 11. “We want to remind our youth and their parents to use their […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253   Media Release (corrected number of plants in 2nd paragraph) One man has been charged and another released following their arrests during the execution of a marijuana search warrant last week in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna. Vice officers served the search […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Communications Dispatch Center Sergeant Travis Ing Phone: 961-8808   Media Release A backup system is now in place restoring the emergency 911 system on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Communications Dispatch Center Sergeant Travis Ing Phone: 961- 8808 Media Release The emergency 911 system is down statewide. A backup system is expected to be in place shortly. In the meantime, persons requiring police assistance should use the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12029264   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have identified human remains as that of a 47-year-old man reported missing in 2012. Robert Allen Park of Mountain View was reported missing on October 22, 2012. On January 6 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002242   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 72-year-old Yukiwo Tara, who was reported missing from Hawaiian Paradise Park. He was found unharmed Monday afternoon in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C11000146   Media Release (update No. 2) Police have arrested a 38-year-old Mountain View man for a 2011 murder in Hilo. At 9:40 a.m. Tuesday (January 28), acting on a tip, police arrested Xavier J. Cortez Jr., also known as […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Captain Randall Medeiros Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C14002476   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Monday night (January 27) in Waimea. Sometime between 8:50 p.m. and 9 p.m., a 34-year-old visitor from France was standing by his rental car in the parking lot of Waimea Shopping […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of January 20, 2014, through January 26, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253   Media Release One man has been charged and another released following their arrests during the execution of a marijuana search warrant last week in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna. Vice officers served the search warrant Friday morning (January 24) at a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14002242   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 72-year-old Puna man who was reported missing. Yukiwo Tara was last seen at his Hawaiian Paradise Park home on Friday (January 24). He is described as Micronesian, 5-foot-4, 200 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C14002151   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 77-year-old Johannen Poche of Pāhoa, who was reported missing. He returned home Friday afternoon.

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 an unidentified man wanted in an attempted bank robbery, a Hilo man wanted on warrants and for questioning, and a Kona man wanted for abuse. The […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C14002151   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 77-year-old Puna man who was reported missing. Johannen Poche of Hawaiian Beaches was last seen in Pāhoa town at 8 a.m. Friday (January 24). He is described as 5-foot-9, 150 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi held a “Wounded Officers Recognition Luncheon,” Thursday (January 23) to honor South Hilo Patrol Officers Joshua Gouveia and Garrett Hatada, who were shot and injured last year in the line of duty. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C08019301   Media Release (update No. 4) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 33-year-old man who has been wanted since 2008 for the sexual assault of a female minor. Mauro Martin Ortiz, formerly of the Puna District, was brought back to Hilo […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13019378 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 16-year-old Jake Miyake-Kamahele of Hilo, who was was reported missing last summer. He was found Wednesday (January 22) in good health on Oahu.

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala Patrol Captain Albert Jason Cortez Phone: 889-6540 Report No. C14001550   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 37-year-old Kailua-Kona man, who was reported missing. Robert Keawe Lopaka Ryder was last contacted on Thanksgiving Day, 2013. He is described as 5-foot-10, 150 pounds with green eyes and short […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13029125   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 24-year-old Brandon Kelii Paulino-Pawai of Kamuela, who was wanted on a bench warrant and for questioning in connection with a theft investigation. Paulino-Pawai was arrested Friday night (January 17) and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14001824   Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s help in locating a 7-month-old infant and her 34-year-old father from Pāhoa. On Monday (January 20) at about 7:09 p.m., police received a report from a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of January 13, 2014, through January 19, 2014, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 29 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant William Derr Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C14001034 [ Media Release (corrects height & weight and place last seen) Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 14-year-old Puna boy who was reported missing. Santana Kobayashi was last seen in Nanawale on Saturday (January 11). He is described as 5-foot-8, 130 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C14001824   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s help in locating a 7-month-old infant and her 34-year-old father from Pāhoa. On Monday (January 20) at about 7:09 p.m., police received a report from a 37-year-old Pāhoa woman […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant William Derr Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C14001034 [ Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 14-year-old Puna boy who was reported missing. Santana Kobayashi was last seen at his Kalapana home on Saturday (January 11). He is described as 5-foot-5, 100 pounds with brown eyes and short […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Area I Operations Assistant Chief Henry Tavares Phone: 961-2346 Report No. C13014098   Media Release (update) The active investigation into the strangulation death of 25-year-old Brittany-Jane Royal has concluded with a determination that she was murdered by her boyfriend, 22-year-old Boaz David Johnson. On December 18, a Grand Jury indicted Johnson for […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C14001610   Media Release (update) Police traffic investigators have identified a 58-year-old Hilo man died who died Saturday (January 18) after being involved in a motor vehicle/bicycle crash on Route 19 619 feet north of the 3-mile-marker. The bicyclist […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C14001610   Media Release A 58-year-old Hilo man died Saturday (January 18) after being involved in a motor vehicle/bicycle crash on Route 19, 619 feet north of the 3-mile-marker. Responding to a 8:48 a.m. call, South Hilo patrol and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12023159   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 51-year-old Benjamin Fonseca of Hilo, who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of theft and forgery. At 2:15 p.m. Friday (January 17), detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section charged him […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Daniel Mlakar Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 291 Report No. C13033261   Media Release (update) An autopsy conducted in connection with the December 12 death of a scuba diver in waters off Kona has determined that 55-year-old James Uihlein of Fallbrook, California, died from a medical condition.

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala Patrol Captain Jason Cortez Phone: 889-6540 Report No. C14001493   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 38-year-old Kohala man who was reported missing. Jonathan Riveira was last seen at a Hāwī home Sunday afternoon (January 12). He has a medical condition that requires medication. He is described […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12023159   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 51-year-old Benjamin Fonseca of Hilo, who was wanted for theft. He turned himself in at the South Hilo police station Wednesday afternoon and was arrested and charged on a bench warrant […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Robert Fujitake Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C14001356   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 32-year-old Hilo woman who was reported missing. Malia Pelekane was last seen Saturday (January 11) in Hilo. She is described as 5-foot-2, 170 pounds with brown eyes and shoulder-length black hair. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Office Officer Matthew Kaaihue Phone: 961-8121   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 22-year-old Shaylyn Momi Araw, who was wanted on five outstanding $50,000 bench warrants. She was located and arrested Wednesday in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Office Officer Matthew Kaaihue Phone: 961-8121   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 28-year-old Bryce D. Feary of Hilo, who was being sought on two outstanding $50,000 bench warrants. He turned himself in at the South Hilo police station Wednesday (January 15.)