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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefHarry S. KubojiriPhone 961-2244 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety. On Saturday, April 27, members […]

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

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

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

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

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Dustin Chaves Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C13007891 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in connection with numerous theft and fraudulent use of credit card investigations. On March 24, an unidentified male used a stolen credit card at several […]

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 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 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 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 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 […]