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Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 18, 2016, through April 24, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three of the drivers were under the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Bradley P. Freitas Phone: 326-4646. Ext. 229 Report No. C16011197   Media Release A 54-year-old man died in a single-vehicle traffic crash Monday morning (April 25) in Kailua-Kona just south of the Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway and Kealakehe Parkway intersection. He has been identified as Christopher Allen […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C16011088   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying anyone involved in a break-in at a county facility on the 600 block of Lanikaula Street. The break-in occurred between late evening Friday (April 22) and early afternoon […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Juergen Canda Phone: 961-2350 Report No. C16005857 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 56-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Curtis Spencer was last seen in Hilo on February 24. He has a medical condition that requires medication. He is described as 5-foot-7, 290 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Chris Correia Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C16010794 Robert Klepps Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 52-year-old Keaʻau man who was reported missing. Robert Klepps was last seen in Hilo on February 25. He is described as Caucasian, bald, 5-foot-5, 185 pounds with blue eyes and possibly […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Charisse Wakita Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C16010641 Kaikona Kahakai-Bohol Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an 18-year-old Mountain View man who was reported missing. Kaikona Kahakai-Bohol was last seen at 4 a.m. Monday (April 19) in the Fern Acres subdivision. He may be in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16002728   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a robbery on January 26 in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna. Sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m., a 30-year-old woman was checking […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 11, 2016, through April 17, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two of the drivers were under the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C16006106 Alexander Lancaster   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 27-year-old man wanted on a warrant for criminal contempt of court. Alexander Kaleookalani Lancaster is also wanted for questioning in connection with an unrelated theft investigation. He […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Charisse Wakita Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C16010641   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for an 18-year-old Mountain View man who was reported missing. Kaikona Kahakai-Bohol was last seen at 4 a.m. Monday (April 19) in the Fern Acres subdivision. He may be in Hawaiian Acres. He is […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher Gali Phone:  961-2332 Report No. C16010032   Media Release (update) A 29-year-old Puna man has died from injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Kīlauea Avenue and Kawailani Street in Hilo on April 12. He has been identified as Ryan W. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16009356 Paul Alisa Jessie Campbell   Media Release Two men were arrested at a state park Friday (April 15) after exiting a stolen vehicle. The sports-utility vehicle was removed from a home on Malolo Street in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Bradley P. Freitas Phone: 326-4646. Ext. 229 Report No. C16010517   Media Release A 22-year-old Kona man died in a single-motorcycle traffic crash Sunday morning (April 17) in North Kona near the 22-mile marker of Māmālahoa Highway (Route 190). He has been identified as Jonathan Salinas […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Sergeant Tyson Matsumura Phone: 775-5533 Report No. C16002817   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in providing information about the theft of a generator in January. Sometime between January 26 and January 27, an older-model Hitachi 6000 generator on wheels was removed from a base […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15020336 Invalid Displayed Gallery   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 30-year-old man wanted for questioning in connection with a stolen pickup truck. Jantzen-James K. Mata is described as 5-foot-7, 152 pounds with brown eyes and black […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16009920 Nicholas Soares   Media Release A Puna man has been charged with two felonies in connection with a break-in in Volcano on Sunday (April 10). In response to a 4:12 p.m. call Sunday, police determined that an unknown man […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15027117 Kawehi Linkee   Media Release A 33-year-old man was arrested after residents thwarted his efforts to force his way into a house on Ohai Street in Hilo around 4:30 a.m. Saturday (April 9). Kawehi Linkee of Pāhoa was arrested […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16001846   Stolen boxing gloves   Media Release (update No. 2) Thanks to tips from the public, Hawaiʻi Island police located a pair of Everlast boxing gloves that had been removed from a home in Hawaiian Beaches during a burglary […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16009903   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated arson investigations in connection with three out of four suspicious brushfires over the weekend in West Hawaiʻi. All four fires were reported between 9:45 a.m. and 4:36 p.m. Sunday […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C16010032   Media Release A 29-year-old Pāhoa man was critically injured in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Tuesday (April 12) at the intersection of Kīlauea Avenue and Kawailani Street. Responding to a 4:51 a.m. call, South Hilo patrol officers determined […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Officer of the Month: Brian Beckwith   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Brian Beckwith as “Officer of the Month” for April in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (April 6) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Beckwith was honored for his […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16009018 James Mansker Media Release (update) A Kona man who was arrested after a fatal shooting in Kona on Thursday (March 31) has been released from police custody. At 2:15 p.m. Friday (April 1), detectives released 70-year-old James […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Lieutenant Gilbert Gaspar Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 230 Report No. C156035934 Sky Lewis   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 36-year-old Kona man who is wanted for abuse and violating parole. Sky Lewis of Kailua-Kona is also wanted for questioning in connection with a theft […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16008834 Nicholas Volpa   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 26-year-old Kona man wanted for probation violation. Nicholas Volpa of Kailua-Kona is also wanted for questioning in connection with financial crimes stemming from a burglary. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16001846   Stolen boxing gloves   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in locating a pair of Everlast boxing gloves that have the signatures of numerous boxers and referees who participated in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16008805 James Coleman   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Kona man with seven offenses in connection with a property damage incident at one of the astronomy facilities near the summit of Mauna Kea on Tuesday morning […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16009018   Media Release A Kona man is in police custody in connection with a fatal shooting Thursday morning (March 31) in Kona. In response to a report of a woman with a gunshot wound at a home […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Captain Andrew Burian Phone: 775-7533 Report No. C15033654 Bruno Facchini   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 32-year-old Paʻauilo man wanted for assault. Bruno A. Facchini is described as 5-foot-9, 205 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16008968   Media Release   Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a series of crimes involving a stolen tractor and trailer. At 7:17 p.m. Wednesday (March 30), South Hilo Patrol officers responded to a report of a tractor and trailer that […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kaʻū District Captain Burt Shimabukuro Phone: 939-2520 Report No. C16007978   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver and vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian a week ago Saturday. About 11 p.m. on March 19, Kaʻū patrol officers responded […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16008575 Kimo Oberle Keahi Javine   Media Release Two people have been arrested and charged with crimes in connection with a stolen vehicle. On Saturday (March 26) a Toyota 4Runner was taken from 19th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C16008673   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the woman killed Monday (March 28) after being struck by a vehicle on Route 130 in the Puna District. Skye Kahealeilani Noah, 19, of Pāhoa was walking in the Pāhoa […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Police Officer Ryan Pagan and Fire Captain Garrett Kim display plaques from the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi.   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Ryan Pagan as “Officer of the Year” and Captain Garrett Kim […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C13001658   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have completed their investigation into the 2013 discovery of a body in Hilo. On January 18, 2013, police discovered a badly decomposed body off the “ATV Trail Park” near Stainback Highway in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Lieutenant Robert Fujitake Phone: 961-8121 Hoop Dreams Wahine Ryders   Media Release Fifty-four youths from seven teams participated in the HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” 14-and-under basketball championships this past weekend at Andrews Gym. In the Boys Division, Hoop Dreams defeated Pāhoa 54-12 to claim the championship. Keawe […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Norbert Serrao Jr. Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C16008146   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are seeking witnesses to an assault and criminal property damage incident in Pepeʻekeo. A 21-year-old Hilo woman reported that at approximately 3 a.m. Monday (March 21), she was traveling on Kumula Street in Pepeʻekeo […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of March 14, 2016, through March 20, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16007821   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 37-year-old Lila Uyeshiro, who was reported missing. She was found in Hilo at noon Friday (March 18).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16007821 Missing: Lila Uyeshiro Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 37-year-old woman who was reported missing. Lila Uyeshiro has a Kailua-Kona address but frequents the Hilo area. She was last seen in Hilo on March 14. She […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo District Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Jon Garcia   Media Release A 35-year-old man being featured on the cable access television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted” turned himself in at the Hilo police station Wednesday evening. Jon Garcia of Pāhala was arrested on the strength of a Grand Jury indictment […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release In conjunction with the 53rd 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 and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16006461 Kainoa Lindo Randi-Keli Banagan   Media Release A man and a woman arrested this week on unrelated offenses have been charged with arson in connection with a deliberately-set fire at a Kona courthouse. At 8:45 a.m. Wednesday […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16007597   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are looking for witnesses to a robbery Tuesday (March 15) in Puna. A 57-year-old man reported that he was walking on Orchidland Drive in the Orchidland Estates subdivision when two men exited a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release In observance of 2016 Easter season activities at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hilo, a temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect on Kapiʻolani Street. Traffic will be allowed to flow only in the Puna—or southeasterly—direction on Kapiʻolani Street, between […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Juergen Canda Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C16007572 Missing: Ephraim Bergau   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 55-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Ephraim Bergau was last seen in Hilo on Monday morning (March 14). He has medical conditions that require medication. He is […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C116007425 Randi-Keli Banagan   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 24-year-old Randi-Keli Banagan of Captain Cook, who was wanted for questioning for an incident Sunday (March 13) at the scenic lookout off Kamehameha III Road in Keauhou. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of March 7, 2016, through March 13, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 27 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Hawaiʻi Island Security and Safety Professionals Association board member William King presents a ‘Kohala Officer of the Quarter’ award to Officer Thomas Koyanagi.   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Island Safety and Security Professionals Association recognized Officer Thomas Koyanagi as “Kohala Officer of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C116007425 Randi-Keli Banagan   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 24-year-old woman wanted for questioning in a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation. In response to a 9:17 p.m. call Sunday (March 13), Kona Patrol officers learned […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16002973 Kainoa Lindo   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 22-year-old Kainoa Lindo of Hoʻokena, who was wanted for questioning in connection with a stolen pickup truck. Lindo was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Monday (March 14) in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Administrative Services Division Major Samuel Thomas Phone: 961-2265 Jon Garcia Chanel Mariani   Media Release The most recent edition of the Crime Stoppers television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted” highlights a man wanted on drug and weapons offenses and a woman wanted on warrants. The new episode began airing Friday (March 11). […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244   Media Release (update) The public is reminded that an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey for the Hawaiʻi Police Department is open during the month of March. The survey includes both multiple-choice questions and an opportunity to make individual comments. Chief Kubojiri reads […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Captain Randal Ishii Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 299 Report No. C16004726 Stephen Reiling, aka Ken Starr Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 47-year-old Ken Starr of Kona, who was wanted for sexual assault and other offenses. Starr, who is also known as Stephen Reiling, was arrested March 5 in Hilo […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16002973 Kainoa Lindo   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 22-year-old Kona man wanted for questioning in connection with a stolen pickup truck. The truck was stolen January 29 from the parking lot of an […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006906   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have released the man who was arrested for a fatal shooting Monday (March 7) in the Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision. Seventy-two-year-old Richard R. Edwards of Kapoho was arrested at the […]

Hawaii Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone:  961-2332 Report No. C16007068 March 9, 2016   Media Release A 93-year-old Hilo woman died Tuesday (March 8) from injuries she sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Kaiwiki Road on Monday (March 7) The woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006906   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting Monday (March 7) in the Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision as 56-year-old Bryan Lynn Thomas of Kapoho. The medical examiner determined that Thomas died of gunshot […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16004612   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have identified remains found last month in the Wailuku River as those of a woman who was last seen swimming near that area last year. The remains were found in a tide pool […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006936   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a reported robbery early Tuesday morning (March 8) in Puna. At 1:44 a.m., police responded to Captain’s Drive in Fern Forest after a 55-year-old man with no permanent address reported that […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Detective Sharlotte Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 278 Report No. C15007916 James Forrest   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 44-year-old James Forrest of Kailua-Kona who was wanted on a bench warrant and for questioning in another investigation. He turned himself in to police Monday (March 7) […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 29, 2016, through March 6, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006906   Media Release A Puna man is in police custody in connection with a fatal shooting Monday (March 7) in lower Puna. In response to a 5:14 p.m. report of a shooting in the Kapoho Beach Lots subdivision, officers […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Detective Sharlotte Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 278 Report No. C15007916 James Forrest   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 44-year-old Kona man wanted on a bench warrant for contempt of court. James Forrest of Kailua-Kona is also wanted for questioning in an abuse and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Detective sharlotte Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 278 Report No. C15007916 James Matthew Westbrook   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 51-year-old Kona man wanted on a warrant of arrest for bail jumping. James Matthew Westbrook of Kailua-Kona is also wanted for questioning in an […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006548   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have opened a murder investigation in connection with the body that was discovered in Waipio Valley on March 3. The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Thaine Ulysses Lucifer Price of Honokaʻa. Detectives […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C16006727 Missing: Britany Bartholomew   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 24-year-old Keaʻau woman who was reported missing. Britany Bartholomew was last seen in Keaʻau on the afternoon of February 26. She is described as 5-foot-2, about 135 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Bradley P. Freitas Phone: 326-4646. Ext. 229 Report No. C16006452   Media Release (corrects vehicle directions of travel in 2nd paragraph and drivers of vehicles in 3rd and 4th paragraphs) Two men died in a traffic crash early Thursday morning (March 3) in North Kona near […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Detective Renee Morinaka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 301 Report No. C15028426   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 24-year-old man wanted for abuse. Golden Raymond is described as 5-foot-5, 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He was last known to live in Kohala. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No: C16004344   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying anyone who may have information about the cause of 10 suspicious fires over the past month and a half. The fires were […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16006548   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the discovery of body in the Honokaʻa District. At 5:56 p.m. Thursday (March 3), police responded to Waipio Valley after receiving a report of an unresponsive man in a small stream. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Lieutenant Reed Mahuna Phone: 965-22716 Report No. M16013413   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a warranty scam. Two men in a U-Haul van have been going door to door in Puna selling what has been described as cheaply made equipment, such as generators and pressure […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16006461 Arson Suspect Suspect Truck (in foreground) Possible witness car   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a first-degree arson investigation in connection with a fire Thursday morning (March 3) at a Kona courthouse. At 6:59 a.m. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Bradley P. Freitas Phone: 326-4646. Ext. 229 Report No. C16006452   Media Release Two men died in a traffic crash early Thursday morning (March 3) in North Kona near the 81-mile marker of Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway. Responding to a 1:02 a.m. call, police determined that the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about an ongoing lottery scam involving a letter that claims the recipient has won a substantial amount of money but must pay a “processing fee” before the prize is dispersed. Included in the mailing is an […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Officer of the Month: Jason Foxworthy   Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Jason Foxworthy as “Officer of the Month” for March in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (March 2) at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona. Foxworthy was honored for an […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigation Division Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C16005366   Media Release (update) As a result of the nine search warrants executed Tuesday (March 1) at various locations in Hilo, Kona, Waimea and Honokaʻa, 124 gambling machines were recovered, along with approximately $150,000 in cash. Three persons were arrested on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Ashley Grammer   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 24-year-old Puna woman who is wanted for revocation of probation. Ashley K. Grammer of Keaʻau is described as 5-foot-3, 140 pounds with brown eyes and long brown hair. She is […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area I Lieutenant Lucille Melemai Phone: 961-2254 Report No. C15035191   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 17-year-old Zaxsalyn Guerpo of Mountain View, who was reported missing. She was found in Kona in good health on January 27.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 22, 2016, through February 28, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 26 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Sergeant Akira Edmoundson Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 253 Report No. C16004726 Ken Starr   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 47-year-old Kona man who is wanted for sexual assault, abuse and assault. Ken Starr is described as 6-foot-2, 240 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He has […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16005549   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 64-year-old Wayne Uglum of Orchidland, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed Friday (February 26) in Hilo.

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

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2252 Aloha Exchange Club member Joey Estrella presents an ‘Officer of the Month’ award to Officer Christopher Jelsma   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Christopher Jelsma on Thursday (February 25) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release To accommodate mass walkers at the 19th Annual Hilo Heart & Stroke Walk & Health Fair, there will be a temporary one-way traffic pattern on Banyan Drive. Traffic will be allowed to flow in the makai, or northeasterly, direction on Banyan […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16003228 John Perez   Media Release (corrects court date in 2nd paragraph) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the 43-year-old man who was arrested Tuesday (February 23) in connection with an early morning shooting in Hilo last month. At 7:30 a.m. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hāmākua District Officer Aaron Yamanaka Phone: 775-7533 Christian Olivera   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 18-year-old Christian H. Olivera of Honokaʻa, who was wanted on a bench warrant. He was arrested at 7:35 a.m. Thursday (February 25) and charged with contempt of court.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16003228 John Perez   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the 43-year-old man who was arrested Tuesday (February 23) in connection with an early morning shooting in Hilo last month. At 7:30 a.m. Thursday (February 25), after conferring […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Captain Samuel Jelsma Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C16005549 Missing: Wayne Uglum   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 64-year-old Puna man who was reported missing. Wayne Uglum was last seen on foot in Orchidland at 7 a.m. Monday (February 22). He has a medical condition that requires […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16003228   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are continuing the investigation into an early morning shooting in Hilo last month. As part of that investigation, detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section arrested 43-year-old John Perez of a […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 15, 2016, through February 21, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 25 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Division Lieutenant Miles Chong Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C16003367 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person wanted in connection with a theft investigation. At about 5 p.m. on February 1, a male suspect left a retail establishment on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Michael Santos Phone: 9671-2213 Report No. C16003991 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for questioning in connection with an unauthorized entry to a motor vehicle case along with numerous theft offenses stemming from an incident […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of February 8, 2016, through February 14, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One was under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala District Officer Denise Smith-Erickson Phone: 889-6540 Michael Saragosa-Galon   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 21-year-old Hāwī man who is wanted for contempt of court and violating terms of a deferred plea. Michael Saragosa-Galon is described as 6-feet tall, 175 pounds with dark brown eyes and black […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala District Officer Denise Smith-Erickson Phone: 889-6540 Owen Ching   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 34-year-old North Kohala man wanted for assault and violating probation. Owen K. Ching of Kapaʻau is described as 5-foot-6, 190 pounds with brown eyes and a shaved head. Police ask anyone with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 26-year-old Leilani Torres of Hilo, who was wanted on bench warrants. She was arrested Friday (February 12) and charged with violating terms of a deferred plea, contempt of court and failure to appear.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C16004514   Media Release (corrects fatality count in last paragraph) An 18-year-old Puna man who was a passenger in a vehicle died Saturday (February 13) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Route 11 in the area […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher D. Gali Phone:  961-2332 Report No. C16004514   Media Release An 18-year-old Puna man who was a passenger in a vehicle died Saturday (February 13) from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Route 11 in the area of the 9-mile marker in Keaʻau. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C16004204 Alan Minamishin   Media Release A Kona man has been charged with nine offenses stemming from his arrest for a burglary Wednesday (February 10) in Kailua-Kona. Sometime between 5:45 a.m. and 7:33 a.m. Wednesday, a laptop and […]