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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 299 Report No. C13003463   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have obtained more detailed descriptions of three men wanted for a robbery early Thursday (February 7) in Kailua-Kona. The first suspect is described as a local male, 25-26 years old, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12034663   Media Release (Update No. 3) Police have charged a 55-year-old Hilo man for the murder and related offenses in connection with a shooting that occurred in the Hilo Bayfront area late last year. At 4:05 p.m. Thursday (February […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C12019068 Media Release (update No. 3) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a person whose partially decomposed body was found in a West Hawaiʻi public park last summer. Police hope someone […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kaʻū District Officer Dane Shibuya Phone: 939-2520 Report No. C13003084 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating one or more persons responsible for four thefts of coffee parchment from two companies in Kaʻū. The first three thefts were from a property on Wood Valley Road. In […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 299 Report No. C13003463   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery early Thursday (February 7) in Kailua-Kona. A 41-year-old Japanese national reported that he was walking to his hotel with three male friends at about 2:30 a.m. when […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12034663   Media Release (Update No. 3) Police have arrested a 55-year-old Hilo man for a murder that occurred in the Hilo Bayfront area late last year. Mark Anthony Whyne, who has no permanent address, was arrested at 5:25 p.m. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12033103   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi County police are renewing their request for information about a 19-year-old Maui woman who was reported missing from Lakewood, Washington, where she attends college. Nhi Nguyen Tuyet Pham may be on the island of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000795   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 43-year-old Steven Przedwojewski of  Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed in Hilo on January 25.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13002769   Media Release Police are investigating a reported robbery attempt in a Hilo park early Thursday morning (January 31). At about 6:32 a.m., police received a report that an 82-year-old female visitor was walking near the area of Liliuokalani […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13002815   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Hilo woman in connection with a robbery Thursday morning (January 31) in Downtown Hilo. Shortly after noon, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery that occurred at 11:50 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Officer Kuilee Dela Cruz Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C13002638   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 20-year-old Washington man who was reported missing. Alexander Adams of Lyle, Washington, was last seen January 11 at North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital. He is described as 5-foot-8, 150 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13001777   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 15-year-old Puna girl who was reported missing. Keahi Javine was last seen in her Keaʻau neighborhood on January 19. She is described as 5-foot-1, 116 pounds with brown hair and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 57-year-old Kailua-Kona man who was reported missing. John Eckert was last seen on January 13 in Kailua-Kona at approximately 6 p.m. He has a medical […]

Hawaʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13002577   Media Release A 45-year-old Captain Cook man died Monday (January 28) from injuries he received in a motor vehicle/motorcycle collision on Route 11 south of the 109-mile marker in Captain Cook, South Kona. Responding to a 7:35 p.m. call, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 21, 2013, through January 27, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 17 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Five 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 Report No. C13001954   Media Release (update) Police have identified the remains found off the “Tree Planting Road” off  Stainback Highway in Hilo as a 44-year-old Hawaiian Acres man who was initially reported missing and later determined to be a murder victim. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Report No. Phone: 961-2252   Media Release Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 40-year-old Kamuela woman wanted on several outstanding warrants. Crystal Marie Torres, also known as Crystal Torres Bolosan, is described as part Hawaiian, about 5-foot-6, about 110 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13002034   Media Release (update No. 2) Police have identified the last two victims of a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday that killed five people on Highway 11 near Pāhala. The occupants of the 2002 Ford pickup truck, which overturned in the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12017686 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating 47-year-old James Gannon Coffey of Mountain View, who is wanted  in connection with a reported shooting last summer. A 39-year-old Mountain View woman reported […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Acting Chief Paul Ferreira Phone: 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Sergeant James Correa on Thursday (January 24) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the Month” for January. Correa was honored for his leadership role in capturing two escaped inmates. On December 5, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001658   Media Release (update) Police have identified the set of remains that were found on January 18 off Stainback Highway in Hilo. Shayne Yoshi Kalani Kobayashi, 38, was identified through dental records. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13002034   Media Release Police have identified three of the victims of a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday that killed five people on Highway 11 near Pāhala. The driver of the sedan was identified as 73-year-old Donald Ingoglia of Sacramento, California. An […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13002034   Media Release Five people died Wednesday (January 23) in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 11 .6 of a mile south of the 54-mile marker just south of Pāhala. Responding to a 10:17 report, Kaʻū District officers determined that a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001717   Media Release Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 38-year-old Puna man who was reported missing. Shayne Yoshi Kalani Kobayashi of Pāhoa is described as part Hawaiian, about 5-foot-8, about 212 pounds with brown eyes, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C13001945   Media Release Three men are in police custody in connection with a shoplifting incident on Tuesday (January 22) that turned violent. Shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a store at 325 Makaʻala Street in Hilo […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001954   Media Release Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of another body off Stainback Highway in Hilo. On Tuesday (January 22) at about 5:18 a.m., police received an anonymous tip of a body off the “Tree Planting […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001658   Media Release Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body off Stainback Highway in Hilo. On Friday ( January 18) at about 7:24 p.m., police discovered a badly decomposed body off the “ATV Trail Park.” […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C13001711   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Pāhoa girl who was reported missing. Keolani Kaheiki-Sele was last seen Friday (January 18) in Pāhoa. She is described as 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-8, 120-130 pounds with black hair […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 14, 2013, through January 20, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 24 motorists for drunk driving. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No. C13001573   Media Release A West Hawaiʻi man and woman have been charged with numerous drug offenses after their arrest in Waimea last week. On Thursday (January 17), South Kohala officers responded to a disturbance at a motel on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona District Sergeant Paul Bugado Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 296   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 57-year-old Kailua-Kona man who was reported missing. John Eckert was last seen on January 13 in Kailua-Kona at approximately 6 p.m. He is described as Caucasian, 6-foot-2, 184 pounds with brown hair and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C130001388   Media Release (Update No. 4) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 19-year-old Kawena Krause of Kurtistown in connection with the disappearance of 44-year-old Dante Peter Gilman of Hawaiian Acres, who was reported missing on January 10. Krause was charged […]

Hawai’i Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Mitchell Kanehailua Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C130001388   Media Release (Update No. 3) Hawai’i Island police have charged 30-year-old Claude Keone Krause of Puna in connection with the disappearance of 44-year-old Dante Peter Gilman of Hawaiian Acres, who was reported missing on January 10. Krause was […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001388   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a second Puna man in connection with the disappearance of 44-year-old Dante Peter Gilman of Hawaiian Acres, who was reported missing on January 10. At 10:37 a.m. Friday […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Robert Hatton Phone: 965-2716   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a man and woman who were reported missing. The woman, 21-year-old Anika Young-Adams, was reported missing in September. Her boyfriend, 27-year-old John Hamrick, was reported missing in December. Both were last seen when they moved out […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121 Report No. C10022758   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 21-year-old Mountain View man who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Kyson P. Kaleiwahea is described as 5-foot-8, 143 pounds with brown […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001388   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a Puna man in connection with the disappearance of 44-year-old Dante Peter Gilman of Hawaiian Acres, who was reported missing on January 10. At 12:40 p.m. Thursday (January 17), 30-year-old […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121 Report No. C07010829   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 25-year-old, Mountain View man who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Donald Antone Soares III is described as 5-foot-8, 138 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 3326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C1203360   Media Release A Kona man has been charged with 11 offenses as the result of a robbery investigation. On December 16, police responded to a 7:30 p.m. report of a robbery. Responding officers determined that the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Lawrence Kobayashi Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C13001130   Media Release Hawaiʻi County police are searching for a 16-year-old Hilo boy reported as missing from Hilo since January 14. Makananui Fejeran is described as Hawaiian, approximately 6-foot-2, 178 pounds with brown eyes and short dark hair. Police ask that […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001388   Media Release Police have opened a homicide investigation in connection with the disappearance of a 44-year-old Hawaiian Acres man. Dante Peter Gilman was reported missing on January 10 and a missing person investigation was initiated. Detectives from the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Jerome Manuel Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 303 Report No. C12024716   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 54-year-old Roberta Banks of Pāhoa, who was wanted for  custodial interference. Banks turned herself in Tuesday morning (January 15) at the South Hilo police station, where she was […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C12031780   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a real estate scam that falsely lists houses for rent when they are really being offered for sale by someone else. A South Kohala woman answered […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121 Report No. C12008463   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 21-year-old Hilo woman who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Levon Vares-Young is described as 5-foot-2, 104 pounds with brown eyes and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121 Report No. G-58730   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 49-year-old Pāhoa woman who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Dorothy M. Balga is described as 5-foot-2, 105 pounds with brown eyes […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121 Report No. C08032702   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 27-year-old Pāhoa man who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Alec Alvarez is described as 5-foot-5, 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Section Officer Nicole Leyson Phone: 961-8121   Media Release Big Island police are searching for a 32-year-old Hilo man who is wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms and conditions of a court order. Sheldon L. Pacheco is described as 5-foot-9, 230 pounds with hazel eyes and black hair. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Lawrence Kobayashi Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C13000554   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Pāpaʻikou boy reported as missing. Kayden Fuerte was last seen in Pāpaʻikou on January 7 at about 2:50 p.m. He is described as Filipino/Portuguese, about 5-foot-7 and 140-150 pounds. He was […]

Hawai’i Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Media Release Chief Harry S. Kubojiri has promoted 14 police officers to the rank of sergeant/detective: Detective Scott P. Amaral, a 12-year veteran of the Police Department, will be assigned to the Area I Juvenile Aid Section in Hilo. Amaral is now a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Detective Chad Taniyama Phone 326-4646, Ext. 271 Media Release Vice officers from the Hawaiʻi Police Department are asking for the public’s help in providing information about cockfighting. Cockfighting involves attaching razor-sharp gaffs to the legs of roosters, which then are left to fight one or more opponents until […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13001295   Media Release A 27-year-old Kona woman died Tuesday (January 15) following a one-car crash on Māmalahoa Highway (Route 190) in Kailua-Kona. She was identified as Hannah Fergerstrom of Kailua-Kona. In response to a 1:15 a.m. call Tuesday, police determined […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release (correction: changes “increase” to “decrease” in second paragraph) During the week of January 7, 2013, through January 13, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 7, 2013, through January 13, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 44 DUI arrests compared with 45 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Acting Captain Reed Mahuna Phone: 965-2716 Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department will hold a community meeting on Friday, January 25, from noon to 2 p.m. at Cooper Center in Volcano. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff and to […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13000747   Media Release (update No. 3) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 38-year-old Pedro Peter of Kailua-Kona with 10 offenses in connection with a motor vehicle accident Wednesday (January 9) that killed a 3-year-old boy who fell out of his pickup […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Benjamin Nishimoto Phone: 935-3311 Report No. C13000795 Steven Przedwojewski   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 43-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Steven Przedwojewski, who has no permanent address, was last heard from on Monday (January 7). He is described as Caucasian, 6-foot-2, 250 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Jerome Manuel Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 303 Report No. C12024716   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 54-year-old Pāhoa woman wanted for questioning in connection with a custodial interference case. Roberta Banks is described as Hawaiian, 5-feet tall, 185 pounds with brown eyes. Police […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Officer Jerome Manuel Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 303 Report No. C12016299   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 49-year-old Kailua-Kona man wanted for questioning in connection with an abuse case. Alfred Spinney is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-9, 250 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Lawrence Kobayashi Phone: 935-3311 Report No. C13000800   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an 18-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Abhay Williams, who has no permanent address, was last seen in Hilo on the morning of January 9. He is described as Caucasian, 6-feet […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000703   Media Release Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 20-year-old Honokaʻa 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 South Kohala District Lieutenant William Gary Souther Phone: 887-3080 Report No. C13000866 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police responded Friday morning (January 11) to a report of a stranger on campus at Waimea Elementary School. In response to a 7:56 a.m. call, officers learned that an unknown man had been seen chasing a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12002850   Media Release (update) Big Island police have located 31-year-old Kimberly Horoschak of Pāhoa, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed Friday morning (January 10) in Honokaʻa.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000198   Media Release (update No. 3) Thirty-one-year-old Keaka D. Martin of Hilo, who was in police custody at Hilo Medical Center following his arrest for a shooting January 2 that injured two officers, has been discharged from the hospital. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Robert Hatton Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13000779   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is searching for a 44-year-old Puna man who was reported missing. Dante Peter Gilman of Kurtistown was last seen in Hawaiian Acres on or about December 30. He is described as 6-feet tall, 200 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13000747   Media Release (update: seeking witnesses) Police are seeking witnesses to a fatal accident involving a child Wednesday (January 9) in North Kona. A 3-year-old boy died from injuries he received after he fell out of the cab of a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13000747   Media Release (update: adds fatality count in last paragraph) A 3-year-old boy died Wednesday (January 9) from injuries he received after he fell out of the cab of a pickup truck and then was run over on the shoulder […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000477   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 38-year-old Layla A. Fikes of Mountain View, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed in Puna on Tuesday (January 8).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C13000747   Media Release A 3-year-old boy died Wednesday (January 9) from injuries he received after he fell out of the cab of a pickup truck and then was run over on the shoulder area leading to the driveway of a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000507   Media Release (update No. 3) After conferring with Hawaiʻi County prosecutors, Big Island police released 37-year-old Cherie Sueko Moskwa of Hilo from police custody Wednesday evening (January 9) pending further investigation. Moskwa was arrested Monday (January 7) on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000478 Media Release Police have identified a swimmer who was reported missing while swimming at a popular Puna beach. Eric T. Dietz, 29, who has no permanent address, was last seen in the waters off Kehena Beach in Lower Puna […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Acting Captain Reed Mahuna Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C13000604   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 19-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Stanley Gonsalves was last seen in Hawaiian Paradise Park at about 10:22 a.m. Tuesday (January 8). He is described as 5-foot-10, 145 pounds, with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000507   Media Release (update No. 2) An autopsy was conducted Tuesday morning (January 8) on the body of the 38-year-old victim of a fatal stabbing in the upper Kaumana Drive area of Hilo. The preliminary results from the examination […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000507   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 37-year-old Hilo woman in connection with a stabbing Monday morning (January 7) in Hilo. At 7:17 p.m. Monday, detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section arrested Cherie Sueko […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 1, 2013, through January 6, 2013, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 19 motorists for drunk driving. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. So far this year, there have […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000477   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 38-year-old Puna woman who was reported missing. Layla A. Fikes of Mountain View was last seen in Hilo at noon on December 28. She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-6, 115 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000507   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a stabbing in Hilo early Monday as a murder. In response to a 5:19 a.m. call Monday (January 7), South Hilo patrol officers responded to the 1400 block of Kaumana Drive, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Detective Grant Todd Phone: 961-2385 Report No. C12034382   Media Release (update) Police have identified a man who drowned in a Papaʻaloa ravine last  month as 31-year-old Yogi Yoswara, who had been reported missing. The San Gabriel, California, man was reported missing on December 19. On December […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Police Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2243 Report No. C13000198   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 31-year-old Keaka D. Martin of Hilo in connection with a shooting Wednesday evening (January 2) that injured two officers. Martin was charged at 4:15 p.m. Friday with two […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Police Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2243 Report No. C13000198   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 31-year-old Hilo man in connection with a shooting Wednesday evening that injured two officers. Shortly before 3:30 p.m. Thursday, a team of 20 law enforcement officers attempted to contact […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C13000035 Media Release A Kona man has been charged with five offenses after carrying a loaded shotgun on a public highway in Kealakekua. At 8 a.m. Tuesday (January 1) a motorist reported seeing a local male in a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Police Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2243 Report No. C13000198 Media Release On Wednesday evening (January 2) at 7:44 p.m., police responded to a report of several gunshots heard in the area of Kilauea Avenue near the Wailoa River in Hilo. At approximately 8:52 p.m., while checking parked vehicles […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C12034663   Media Release (update No. 2) An autopsy was conducted Wednesday morning (January 2) on the body of the 32-year-old  victim of the weekend Bayfront shooting. The preliminary results from the examination showed that Faafetai Fiu died from exsanguination […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Acting Chief Paul Ferreira Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Nicholas McDaniel as “Officer of the Month” for January in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (January 2) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. McDaniel, one of the department’s newest officers, was honored for a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Acting Captain Reed Mahuna Phone: 965-2716 Report No. M12065267 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a telephone scam involving persons impersonating utility workers. In this scam, the perpetrators call the victims and inform them that their utility bill is delinquent and that their service will be […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13000094   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 48-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Brian Paul Andrade is described as about 5-foot-9 tall, 130-140 pounds with a tan complexion, brown eyes, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert P. Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are reminding motorists that Thursday (January 3) is the first day children return to public schools from the holiday break. Motorists should expect an increase in traffic, especially in school zones during morning and afternoon hours. Sergeant […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 299 Report No. C12034592   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a likely drowning in Kona over the weekend. Shortly before 3:30 p.m. Saturday (December 29), Kona Patrol Officers responded to the end of OTEC road in Kailua-Kona to a report of a […]