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Hawaiʻi Police Department Sergeant Danette Tavares Hāmākua Patrol Phone No. 775-7533 Report No. C13024877   Media Release (corrected spelling of last name) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 35-year-old Claudette Morell of Kapaʻau, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed Thursday morning (September 19) in Honokaʻa.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Sergeant Danette Tavares Hāmākua Patrol Phone No. 775-7533 Report No. C13024877   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 35-year-old Claudette Morel of Kapaʻau, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed Thursday morning (September 19) in Honokaʻa.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-8121 FAX: 961-8845   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League and the Hawaiʻi County Department of Parks and Recreation are once again co-sponsoring the “Keiki Triathlon.” It will take place in Kailua-Kona on October 19, the weekend […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-8121 FAX: 961-8845   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League will host its 7th annual “Halloween Havoc” 3-on-3 basketball tournament October 26-27 at the Kawananakoa gymnasium in Keaukaha. Team entries are being accepted in the following age […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023858   Media Release (update) A 23- year-old escapee from a correctional facility was captured by police Thursday morning (September 12). At 10:25 a.m., acting on a tip, police arrested Robert Carlos Garcia for second-degree escape at a home on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13024491   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Wednesday night at a restaurant in Kailua-Kona. At approximately 10:30 p.m. Wednesday (September 11), after the restaurant had closed, an unknown man entered the premises near the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244 Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Randy Morris as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (September 11) at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Morris, a HI-PAL officer in Kona, was honored for an arrest that curtailed a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-8121   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is hosting two HI-PAL “Click It Or Ticket” events on Saturday, September 14. A “Click It or Ticket” volleyball tournament for 10 and under will be held at the Kawananakoa Hall gymnasium in Keaukaha […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13012849 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a Honokaʻa man who was reported missing on May 14. John Spillane, who was known in Hawaiʻi as Kevin Devlin, was last seen on May 13 between […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 26-year-old Pāhoa man wanted on two outstanding warrants. Michael Dwayne Carvalho is also wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery, assault and terroristic threatening. He is described as Filipino, about 5-foot-11, about […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of September 2, 2013, through September 8, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Administrative Services Division Major Samuel Thomas Phone: 961-2265   Media Release The most recent edition of the Crime Stoppers television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted” highlights a 23-year-old man wanted in a murder investigation, a 40-year-old woman wanted for a domestic incident and a 30-year-old man wanted for a stabbing. The new […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Captain Randal Ishii Phone: 326-4646- Ext. 299 Report No. C13023857/C13023858   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located one of  two inmates who escaped from the Hale Nani correctional facility Wednesday night (September 4). At 11:50 a.m. Friday (September 6), Kona Patrol officers and Community Policing officers responded to […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Hawaii Police Activities League Phone: 961-8121 Media Release One hundred nineteen youth participated in 47 games during HI-PAL’s 2013 “Click It Or Ticket” 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament held at the Honokaʻa Sports Complex gymnasium on August 17. Coming out on top in the 9-10 division was NSP out of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023823   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located Tianajade Mathieu who was wanted in connection with a reported threat in Hilo on Tuesday night (September 3). Mathieu was arrested in Hilo at 10:40 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of terroristic […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023823   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a reported threat and are asking for the public’s help in locating one of the suspects. On Wednesday (September 4) at about 2:30 p.m., police received a report that a 31-year-old […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13023656   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 40-year-old Puna man with terroristic threatening for pointing what looked like a rifle at two police officers Tuesday morning while they were investigating a domestic dispute between the man […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023857/C13023858   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating two inmates who escaped from a correctional facility Wednesday night (September 4). At about 11:10 p. m. Wednesday, police received a report from personnel at […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Daniel Mlakar Phone: 326-4646 Ext. 253 Report No. C13023832   Media Release On Wednesday (September 4), at approximately 4:10 p.m., Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a missing diver at Kaohe Beach, South Kona. Witnesses on the beach reported they had observed a diver in distress disappear […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department HI-PAL Office Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-8121   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Hawai’i Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) will host Click It or Ticket 5-6 and 8-under basketball championships at Pāpaʻikou Gym on November 2-3. The age cutoff date is December 31. The deadline to enter is October 25. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 36-year-old Hilo man wanted on a warrant of arrest. Lathan Rosa is wanted on a $10,000 warrant for violating probation in an abuse case. He is also wanted for questioning in connection with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No. C13023694   Media Release A Hawi man and woman are in police custody on drug charges after police served a search warrant at their house. On Tuesday (September 3), officers from the Area II Vice Section, along with Community […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release Chief Harry Kubojiri has promoted four individuals to the rank of lieutenant. Lieutenant Juergen Canda is now assigned to the South Kohala District in Waimea. He joined the Police Department as a radio dispatcher in October 1992 before becoming a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Captain Randall Medeiros Phone: 887-3080   Media Release The latest phase of the Saddle Road realignment project will be open to vehicular traffic from Saturday, September 7, following a dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. To promote safety for the motoring public, police will conduct education by way of “speed […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13023601 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a domestic dispute that sent a 24-year-old Mountain View man to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Puna patrol officers responded to Keola Place in Mountain View at 8:30 p.m. Monday (September […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of August 26, 2013, through September 1, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 34 motorists for drunk driving. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 854 DUI arrests compared with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Detective Scott Kurashige Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 304 Report No. C13022674   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 14-year-old Kalehua Vea, who was reported missing. She was found  in Tuesday afternoon (September 3) unharmed in North Kohala.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. A-71462   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in connection with a 40-year-old murder investigation. On March 29, 1973, 23-year-old Gayle Hook of Nāpoʻopoʻo was reported missing. On April 6, 1973, her body […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023137   Media Release (update) A Puna woman has been charged for an incident involving a report of a gun near Keoneopoko Elementary School last week. Friday afternoon (August 30), detectives charged 49-year-old Lokelani Lenore Harbrecht-Kalua with first-degree terroristic threatening. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Robert Sakata Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 276 Report No. C13022674   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing. Kalehua Vea was last seen at her Kailua-Kona home on August 24. She is described as Tongan, 5-foot-2, 120 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release   A temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect along a portion of Kapiʻolani Street on Saturday, October 12. Between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., traffic will flow in the Puna direction only on Kapiʻolani Street between […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C13023123   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police shut down a portion of the Old Stainback Highway Thursday morning (August 29) due to a search for a suspect in a car theft case. Officers were attempting to stop a suspicious pickup truck just […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023137   Media Release A Puna woman is in police custody in connection with an incident involving a report of a gun near an elementary school in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. Puna patrol officers responded to a 7:18 a.m. report […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022090 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a robbery and auto theft last week in the Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna. A 41-year-old man reported that sometime between midnight and 3 a.m. on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13023002   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 26-year-old Puna man. Zairon Leon Frazier was last seen in the Seaview Estates area in late July and has not been seen since. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254   Media Release (update) A 38-year-old man wanted on an extradition warrant has been located. Jaycen Robert Munoz, who is wanted by the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake in Utah for unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old, was […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13022540 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 58-year-old Janshon Liao of Hawaiian Beaches, who was reported missing. She returned home in good health on Saturday (August 24).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13021797   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 40-year-old Puna woman wanted in connection with a reported burglary and domestic incident in Kurtistown on August 16. Mary Lolita Santos of Mountain View is also wanted on a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C12025691   Media Release Hawaiʻi County police have located 17-year old Mailekaleialoha Boe  Hilo, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed in Hilo on August 16.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 38-year-old man wanted on an extradition warrant. Jaycen Robert Munoz is wanted by the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake in Utah for unlawful sexual conduct with a 16- or 17-year-old. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 28 motorists for drunk driving. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 820 DUI arrests compared with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No. C13016601   Media Release Two men and a woman have been charged with drug offenses following a traffic stop in North Kohala. Patrol officers stopped the car in Kapaʻau on Thursday because of a seat belt violation. During the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022332   Media Release Detectives have released a 27-year-old Puna woman who was arrested Wednesday night in connection with a fatal stabbing in Hawaiian Beaches. At 8:30 p.m. Friday, after conferring with prosecutors, detectives released Manaolanalani Benford of Pāhoa pending […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 32-year-old Matthew Keoni Tilfas of Pāhoa, who was wanted on three warrants. Tilfas was arrested Thursday (August 22) during a warrants sweep and charged with failure to appear, contempt of court and violating release […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022339   Media Release One of two Puna men arrested in connection with shots being fired in a residential neighborhood has been charged with nine offenses. Peter Lopes Jr., 45, of Hawaiian Beaches was charged at 3:15 p.m. Friday with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13022540 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 58-year-old Puna woman reported as missing. Janshon Liao of Hawaiian Beaches was last seen in Pāhoa town shortly after 2 p.m. Friday (August 23). Her family is concerned about her, as she has […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C13022346   Media Release A man and a woman were arrested  Thursday (August 22) when Vice officers served a search warrant on their home in Pepeʻekeo. During execution of a narcotics search warrant on Kaʻapepa Street on Thursday morning, officers recovered […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Donovan Hegarty on Thursday (August 22) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month” for August. Hegarty was honored for his response to a burglary in progress. Just after midnight on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022339   Media Release Two Puna men are in police custody on suspicion of reckless endangering after police received reports of shots being fired Wednesday night (August 21) in a residential neighborhood in Puna. Shortly after 9 p.m. police responded […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022332   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a fatal stabbing in Puna that occurred Wednesday night (August 21). At 10:44 p.m., police and Fire Department personnel responded to a reported stabbing at a residence on Kawakawa Street in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022253   Media Release Police are investigating a case involving a Federal Task Force officer who stepped on a booby trap device in a marijuana patch while chasing a wanted suspect in Puna. At about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday (August 21), […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13019638   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located two 30-year-old Puna men who being sought in connection with a robbery in the Leilani Estates subdivision last month. Mark McCurley of Hawaiian Beaches and Kawika Kahee of  the Black Sand […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13022090 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery and auto theft early Tuesday morning (August 20) in the Leilani Estates subdivision in Puna. A 41-year-old man reported that sometime between midnight and 3 a.m. he was assaulted outside […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of August 12, 2013, through August 18, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 30 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were under the age of 21. So far this year, there […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Officer Aaron Yamanaka Phone: 775-7533 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 13-year-old Cristilyn Guerpo of Waikoloa,  who was reported missing. She was found unharmed August 7 in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Officer Aaron Yamanaka Phone: 775-7533   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 13-year-old Tatiana Miller-Tayamen of Waikoloa, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed August 7 in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C12029791 Media Release   Hawaiʻi Island police have located 17-year-old Reanette Torres of Hilo, who was reported missing last year. She was found unharmed in Hilo on May 16.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13021622 Media Release (update) The two victims of a fatal fire in Hilo early Thursday (August 15) have been identified through dental records as 67-year-old William Hachmeister and 60-year-old Dixeen Sakamoto, both of Hilo. An autopsy conducted Friday (August 16) […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C09022942   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 44-year-old Puna man in connection with a Grand Jury indictment for the murder of his wife. Alexander Gambsky was arrested at 4 p.m. Thursday in Kurtistown. Dawn Gambsky, then 34, was reported missing […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13021622 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police and firefighters are investigating a fatal fire in Hilo early Thursday (August 15). The structure fire at a home on Wainaku Avenue was reported at 1:08 a.m. Responding patrol officers and firefighters found the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Juergen Canda Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13021259   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 21-year-old Keaʻau woman, who was reported missing. Nina Sabahi’s relatives have not heard from her in more than a month and are concerned about her health and welfare. She is described as […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C13021272 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Puna man and his son in connection with what started as a domestic abuse call at a park in Hawaiian Beaches in Pāhoa. When Puna patrol officers responded to the area […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13019378 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Hilo boy who was reported missing. Jake Miyake-Kamahele was last seen at 9:45 a.m. on July 22 in Pāhoa. He is described as 4-foot-11, 91 pounds with brown eyes […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police will increase enforcement of drunk driving as part of a national campaign called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” which runs August 16 through September 2. During the campaign, police will conduct 20-30 sobriety checkpoints island wide. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of August 5, 2013, through August 11, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 32 motorists for drunk driving. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Four were under the age of 21. So far this year, there […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The analysis of the results of the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2013 Community Satisfaction Survey and the police chief’s responses to the public’s most common individual comments are available for inspection on the Police Department’s website. Chief Harry S. Kubojiri […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Acting Sergeant Tuckloy Aurello Phone 961-8119 Report No. C13021003 Media Release (update) The 54-year old man who died from injuries he received in a motor vehicle collision Wednesday night in Mountain View has been identified as Dino G. Capello of Mountain View.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 32-year-old Puna man wanted for three warrants. Matthew Keoni Tilfas is wanted on a $1,000 bench warrant for contempt of court, a $150 bench warrant for failure to appear in court and a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C07039211 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have identified human remains discovered last week at a remote location at the 12,000-foot elevation of Mauna Kea. The remains were identified through dental records as Brian Patrick Murphy of Plymouth, Michigan, who was […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C12029364 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police arrested a 25-year-old Hilo woman at the Hilo airport Tuesday on multiple theft and forgery charges. Suzy Cho Chun of Keaʻau was being investigated in connection with 28 forged checks from her former place of business. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Acting Sergeant Tuckloy Aurello Phone 961-8119 Report No. C13021003 Media Release A 36-year-old Mountain View man and his male passenger died on Wednesday (August 7) from injuries they received in a single-vehicle crash on North Glenwood Road in Mountain View. Responding to a 3:45 p.m. call, Puna Patrol officers […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13019595   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 21-year-old Chelsea Wondergem, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed Tuesday night (August 6) in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Brandon Mansur as “Officer of the Month” for August in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (August 7) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Mansur was honored for his investigation of a robbery in Kona […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Area II Operations Captain Randall Medeiros Phone: 887-3080 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, August 20, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hawaiian Homes hall in Waimea. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of July 29, 2013, through August 4, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Six 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 II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13016829 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for using a stolen credit card. An unidentified man used the stolen card on June 26 to purchase two flat-screen televisions […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police received a report Tuesday (July 30) of human remains that had been discovered at a remote location at the 12,000-foot elevation of Mauna Kea. On Friday, police conducted a check of the area with the assistance of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 C13019637   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 37-year-old man in connection with two attempted robberies on Wednesday. The attempted robberies in Hilo occurred at a gas station and a recycling center. At 11:45 p.m. Friday (August 2), Kris Villasista of Honomū […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police remind motorist that Monday (August 5) is the first day children return to public schools. Motorist should expect an increase in traffic—especially in school zones—during morning and afternoon hours. Sergeant Robert P. Pauole of the Traffic Services […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant James Correa Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C13017025   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a theft investigation in connection with a tractor that was stolen from Hilo in June. Sometime between 7:30 p.m. on June 27 and 5:30 a.m. on June 28, a John Deere six-wheel Gator […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaii Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Officer Joseph Botelho Jr. Phone: 961-2220 FAX: 961-2209   Media Release The Hawai’i Police Department is hosting several HI-PAL and “Click It Or Ticket” events during the month of August. August 2-3 wraps up the two remaining days of the Jimmy Yagi Hoops Camp in which the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13020055   Media Release (update No. 3) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged Jeremy Todd Rios in connection with a carjacking incident Tuesday (July 30). At 2:20 p.m. Wednesday (July) detectives charged him with second-degree robbery, unauthorized control of a propelled […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a man in possession of a car that was used in two attempted robberies in Hilo on Wednesday. At about 11:40 a.m., a man armed with what appeared to be a firearm attempted to […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C13019912 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested two men and three women in connection with an illegal gambling operation in Hilo. On Friday (July 26), Area I Vice Section officers served a search warrant at Hilo Arcade, which is located […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C13019735 Media Release A Puna man was arrested at Hilo International Airport last week with eight pounds of marijuana in his carry-on bag. At 6:30 a.m. Friday, 39-year-old Wendell Figueroa Jr. of Mountain View was arrested on suspicion of first-degree attempted […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13019595   Media Release Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 21-year-old Puna woman who was reported missing. Chelsea Wondergem is described as Caucasian, about 5-foot-2, about 110 pounds with short blond hair and brown eyes. She […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13020055 Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have located Jeremy Todd Rios, who was wanted in connection with a reported carjacking. At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (July 30), Rios walked out of a pasture area onto Mauna Kea Access […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Officer Aaron Yamanaka Phone: 775-7533 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 13-year-old Waikoloa girl who was reported missing. Tatiana L.M. Miller-Tayamen was last seen around noon Thursday (July 25) in Honokaʻa. She is described as 5-foot-four, 115-120 pounds with brown eyes and brown shoulder-length hair. She wears prescription […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Officer Aaron Yamanaka Phone: 775-7533   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 13-year-old Waikoloa girl who was reported missing. Cristilyn Guerpo was last seen around noon Thursday (July 25) in Honokaʻa. She is described as 4-foot 11, 115 pounds with brown eyes and black shoulder-length hair. Police […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of July 22, 2013, through July 28, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 27 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were under the age of 21. So far this year, there […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13020055 Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have set up a roadblock at the entrance to Mauna Kea Access Road off the Saddle Road and are limiting access to Mauna Kea Access Road. The road is closed to the public […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C13020055 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a Hilo man wanted in a reported carjacking. At 7:40 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to reports of a man flashing a firearm from a black Honda sedan while driving […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Shea Nactor on Thursday (July 25) as “Officer of the Month” for July. Nactor was honored for tracking down a murder suspect within three hours of the crime. On May […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C13019585 Media Release A Puna man has been arrested and charged in connection with a marijuana  growing operation on two properties in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision. On Wednesday (July 24), police executed a search warrant at a home on H […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13019161   Media Release Two Hilo men are in police custody in connection with an incident over the weekend involving a car and a gun. At 2:37 p.m. Saturday, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a home on Laula Road […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13019415   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged one of three adults arrested in connection with an incident involving shots being fired from a moving vehicle late Monday night (July 22) in Hilo. At noon Wednesday, after conferring with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13017551   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a burglary in Puna earlier this month. A home on Oahu Road in the Nanawale Estates subdivision was broken into on July 4 sometime between […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13003321   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 51-year-old Arthur Clayton of Keaʻau, who was wanted on a $40,000 bench warrant in connection with drug charges. Clayton was arrested on the bench warrant Thursday (July 18). He was also charged […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13019415   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are looking for witnesses to an incident involving shots being fired from a moving vehicle late Monday night (July 22). At 11:45 p.m., officers responded to several reports that gunshots had been fired […]