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HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 OCTOBER 1, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 24-30, 2001, Big Island police arrested 13 motorists for drunk driving. So far this year, there have been 602 DUI arrests, a 33 percent decrease from the 896 arrested during the same period […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION CAPTAIN JAMES DAY PHONE: 961-2251 SEPTEMBER 29, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police arrested and charged a 14-year-old Hawaiian Beaches male Saturday (September 29, 2001) with the murder and sexual assault Thurday of a 6-year-old girl. At 10:45 p.m., Hilo Criminal Investigation Detectives charged the youth with second-degree […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT EAST HAWAII CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION CAPTAIN JAMES DAY PHONE: 961-2251 SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a 6-year-old girl whose body was found Thursday (September 27, 2001) in a vacant house in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision of Puna. The girl was identified as Kauilani Tadeo, who died as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT EAST HAWAII CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION CAPTAIN JAMES DAY PHONE: 961-2251 SEPTEMBER 28, 20001 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police and fire rescue personnel looking for a lost child found the body of a 6-year-old girl who had been murdered, apparently in a vacant house in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision of Puna. Responding to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island vice officers confiscated 8,119 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to 10 feet during a five-day operation that ended Friday (September 28, 2001). Big Island vice officers were joined in the operation by personnel from […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER IRIS M. McGUIRE PHONE: 966-5835 SEPTEMBER 28, 2001 G-82342 MEDIA RELEASE A tour helicopter with five persons aboard crashed Friday (September 28, 2001) in a Keaau field in the Puna District. Officers responding to a 2:31 p.m. call arrived to find that although the helicopter was considered […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT PAUL KEALOHA PHONE: 326-4208 SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police are investigating the robbery of a computer store that occurred Thursday (September 27, 2001) in the Old Industrial Area of Kailua-Kona. Responding to an armed robbery call at 3:30 p.m., Kona patrol officers determined that two […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Only one-way traffic will be allowed on Kapiolani Street in Hilo during the afternoon hours of Sunday (October 7, 2001). To accommodate the annual parish picnic held by St. Joseph Church, only traffic heading in the Puna, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT D.A.R.E. PROGRAM OFFICER WARREN K. SHAW PHONE: 961-8833 SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department’s D.A.R.E. program will sponsor a Halloween Festival on Sunday, October 28, 2001, in Hilo’s Lincoln Park. Dubbed the D.A.R.E. Halloween Festival in the Park 2001, the event, scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m., […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 26, 2001 G-82125 MEDIA RELEASE A 44-year-old man died and two others were seriously injured in a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday (September 26, 2001) on Mamalahoa Highway (Route 19) near the 46-mile marker in the Hamakua District. The fatality victim […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GLENN Y. UEHANA PHONE: 961-8839 SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives have charged a 49-year-old suspect with burglary and terroristic threatening in connection with a burglary Sunday (September 23, 2001). At 3:07 p.m. Tuesday (September 25, 2001), detectives charged Charles David […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER DOMINIC A. UYETAKE PHONE: 966-5835 SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE A 54-year-old North Carolina woman was injured Monday (September 24, 2001) when she was struck twice by a rolling empty tour bus. The woman, identified as Sandy Tschopp, of Durham, North Carolina, was flown to the Queen’s […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH KOHALA POLICE DISTRICT SERGEANT JAMES B O’CONNOR PHONE: 887-3080 SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE A brush fire has forced police to close off a portion of the Kohala Mountain Road (Route 250) until further notice. Police said the road was closed about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday (September 25, 2001) at about […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE DUANE RAPOZA PHONE: 961-2377 SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 G-77088 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Acting on another tip, Big Island police captured a second fugitive in less than a week. At 8:10 a.m., Puna patrol officers apprehended 35-year-old Harry K.R. Harrison, an escapee from the Hawaii Community Correctional Center. […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREGG J. SILVA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 CHRISTOPHER NEAL NASARIO …wanted on five bench warrants MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are seeking the public’s help in apprehending a 34-year-old male wanted for promotion of dangerous drugs and four counts of contempt of court. The suspect […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE A 51-year-old Puna man shot by police was reported in serious but stable condition Monday afternoon (September 24, 2001) at the Hilo Medical Center. Police have also identified the man as Paul Sandy, of a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS BUREAU CAPTAIN JAMES DAY PHONE: 961-2251 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Detectives assigned to the East Hawaii Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a shooting incident that occurred about 10:50 p.m. in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision of Puna. Responding to a call about an individual with a behavior disorder, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 G-79354 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives have arrested a second suspect for attempted murder in a stabbing that occurred August 31, 2001, at Wailoa State Park in Hilo. At 4:43 p.m. Monday (September 24, 2001), […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 17-23, 2001, Big Island police arrested 17 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers arrested were under the age of 21. So far this year, there have been 589 DUI arrests, a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT MANUEL BEGA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have released two men who had been arrested Sunday evening (September 23, 2001) during an investigation of an assault that later developed into an investigation of a burglary. After finding out that the two men […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT MANUEL BEGA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE After responding to a call about a fight, Hilo police arrested two men, but found out later during an investigation that the victim had been caught burglarizing a home and threatening its occupants. Police responded to a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Out of respect for the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., St. Joseph Church has postponed its annual parish picnic scheduled for Sunday (September 16, 2001). It means that two-way traffic […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT SERGEANT ROBERT F. WAGNER PHONE: 966-5835 SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Acting on a tip, Puna police Friday (September 21, 2001) arrested a 34-year-old man wanted for revocation of supervised release and other offenses. Puna patrol officers arrested the suspect, identified as Jack Nanaole Napeahi, at 10:40 […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER JEREMY S. LEWIS PHONE: 326-4646 SEPTEMBER 20, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Police are seeking the public’s help in solving the theft of an all-terrain vehicle from a South Kona nursery earlier this week. Sometime between 6 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2001, and 7 a.m. the following morning, a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREGG J. SILVA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 JACK NAPEAHI …wanted on three bench warrants MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are seeking the public’s help in apprehending a 34-year-old man wanted for revocation of supervised release and other offenses. The suspect was identified as Jack Nanaole […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHADWICK K. FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Police are warning Big Island residents to be wary of phone calls from persons falsely identifying themselves as representing Wall Street companies and asking for personal financial information. Police have received complaints that callers have identified […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER EDWARD LEWIS JR. PHONE: 889-6540 SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 G-80913 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE A 26-year-old Hawi man apparently drowned Sunday afternoon (September 16, 2001) in a diving accident in waters off Mahukona in North Kohala. The victim was identified as Richard Baker III, who officers said was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHADWICK K. FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 G-881051 MEDIA RELEASE A potentially dangerous situation was avoided Monday (September 17, 2001) when a distraught female juvenile gave up her weapon and was taken to the hospital for psychological observation. At 2:48 p.m., police dispatchers received a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 10-16, 2001, Big Island police arrested 16 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic accidents and one was under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT DANIEL J. MLAKAR PHONE: 326-4242 SEPTEMBER 16, 2O01 G-80909 MEDIA RELEASE A 63-year-old South Kona man was arrested for attempted murder in which he allegedly fired a shot at another man during a dispute Sunday (September 16, 2001). Responding to a 10 a.m. call, Kona patrol units […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER EDWARD LEWIS JR. PHONE: 889-6540 SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 G-80913 MEDIA RELEASE A 26-year-old Hawi man apparently drowned Sunday afternoon (September 16, 2001) in a diving accident in waters off Mahukona in North Kohala. About 2:30 p.m. Sunday, police received a call of a swimmer in distress […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER VERNON C. FERREIRA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 G-80850 PUBLIC ACCIDENT MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a 19-year-old male who apparently drowned Saturday (September 15, 2001) while swimming with friends at Piihonua Falls in the upper Kaumana area of Hilo. The youth was identified as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER REED K. MAHUNA PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE An unknown suspect called in a false bomb threat at the Prince Kuhio Plaza about 4:15 p.m. Sunday (September 16, 2001). Shopping center security personnel conducted checks of the area, but found nothing. The shopping center […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER VERNON C. FERREIRA SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 G-80850 PUBLIC ACCIDENT MEDIA RELEASE A 19-year-old Waimea male apparently drowned Saturday (September 15, 2001) while swimming with friends at Piihonua Falls in Hilo. Responding to a 12:30 p.m. call, fire rescue personnel tried to unsuccessfully to revive the youth. […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO JUVENILE AID SECTION LIEUTENANT RODNEY AURELLO PHONE: 961-2254 SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 G-79787 JOYCELYN MEDEIROS …missing since September 5 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from her Puna residence since Wednesday, September 5, 2001. The girl was identified as Joycelyn S. Medeiros. […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT LIEUTENANT JAMES KELLY PHONE: 966-5839 SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 G-80554 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police evacuated part of Pahoa Wednesday night (September 12, 2001) because of a mysterious black briefcase, and a bomb squad from the Pohakuloa Training Area was forced to blow off its lid to find it was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 G-09722 MEDIA RELEASE A woman wanted for murder since December 6, 2000, turned herself into the police Wednesday morning (September 12, 2001). The suspect was identified as Saraswati Gopi Lacasse, also known as Saraswati Mulder. Lacasse was arrested […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Only one-way traffic will be allowed on Kapiolani Street in Hilo during the afternoon hours of Sunday (September 16, 2001). To accommodate the annual parish picnic held by St. Joseph Church, only traffic heading in the Puna, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 10, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 3-9, 2001, Big Island police arrested 18 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic accidents and two were under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER DAYNE P. BOLOS PHONE: 961-5835 SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 G-80213 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a 62-year-old man who apparently drowned early Sunday (September 9, 2001) in a fishing accident in waters off Puna. He was identified as Dodd Balock, of a Hilo address. At about midnight […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER DAYNE P. BOLOS PHONE: 961-5835 SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 G-80213 MEDIA RELEASE A 62-year-old Hilo man apparently drowned early Sunday (September 9, 2001) in a fishing accident in waters off Puna. At about midnight Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard received a distress signal from a fishing vessel in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY J. TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 SEPTEMBER 9, 2001 G-79992 MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Vice and Community Policing officers arrested eight persons for various drug offenses after executing a search warrant on a Hilo “ice house” Friday morning (September 7, 2001). At 8:43 a.m., the officers arrested seven adult […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ALBERT PACHECO PHONE: 329-4230 SEPTEMBER 6, 2001 G-64169 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Criminal Investigation Section detectives are seeking the public’s help in solving a suspected arson that occurred April 12, 2001, when a house was destroyed by fire. Fire and police units had responded to an 11 […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GRACE CASTILLO PHONE: 961-2377 SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Police are asking for the public’s help in solving a truck fire maliciously set in July 2001. The truck, leased to the Metcalf Construction Company, was found burning shortly after 8 p.m. on July 12, 2001, at […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 27-September 2, 2001, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been 538 DUI arrests, a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT BURTON H. YAMAGUCHI PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 3, 2001 G-79569 MEDIA RELEASE An abandoned warehouse in Hilo was destroyed by fire Monday morning (May 3, 2001). Responding to a 12:59 a.m. call, police and fire units fought the blaze at the one-story structure, located on East Ohea […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHAD FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 G-79354 MEDIA RELEASE Hilo police arrested a 39-year-old Puna man Friday (August 31, 2001) for attempted murder in a stabbing. Responding to a 10:35 p.m. call, police arrived at the large pavilion area of Wailoa State Park and found […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT LIEUTENANT DONALD F. WATSON PHONE: 887-3080 AUGUST 31, 2001 TC-013890 MEDIA RELEASE A 53-year-old man was critically injured Friday (August 31, 2001) after he lost control of his car and overturned on Waikoloa Road in South Kohala. The victim, a resident of Pahoa, Puna, was driving his […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SEGEANT RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 AUGUST 31, 2005 MEDIA RELEASE Police are advising motorists to exercise extra caution over the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Sergeant Randy K. Apele, head of the Traffic Services Section, said police expect heavier than usual traffic on Big Island roadways from Friday […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE DUANE RAPOZA PHONE: 961-2377 AUGUST 29, 2001 G-77088 HARRY K.R. HARRISON …escapee from HCCC MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police are seeking the public’s help in capturing a Hawaii Community Correction Center inmate who is still at-large after escaping on August 10, 2001. The inmate was identified as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT STEVEN GUILLERMO PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 28, 2001 G-78460 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a man whose body was found Friday (August 24, 2001) at the former Hilo Hotel. The victim was identified as Craig Okamoto, 46, of no permanent address. Although an autopsy was performed, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN AUGUST 28, 2001 G-78329 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police are investigating several attempts at cattle rustling in the Kaloko-mauka area in July and August 2001. Ranchers in the area have discovered that a number of cattle had been shot with arrows. The arrows, which […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KA’U PATROL DISTRICT SERGEANT CHAD J. BASQUE PHONE: 939-2920 AUGUST 28, 2001 G-78767 MEDIA RELEASE Ka’u Patrol and Fire Department units responded to a structure fire Monday (August 27, 2001) located on the southwest corner of Makai Boulevard and Jasmine Drive within the Kona Ranchos Subdivision in Ka’u. At about 11:28 […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER ROBERT ALMEIDA PHONE: 966-5835 AUGUST 27, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police officers are cautioning motorists to drive with extra care near the new Kamehameha School, which opened last week in Keaau. Traffic passing the school must slow down to allow traffic to enter and leave the school […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREGG J. SILVA PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 27, 2001 KIMO WENDELL KING …wanted for escape, other offense MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are seeking the public’s help in apprehending a 40-year-old male suspect wanted for escape and a variety of drug and traffic offenses. The suspect was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 AUGUST 20, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 20-26, 2001, Big Island police arrested 17 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic collisions, and two were under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 AUGUST 26, 2001 G-78489 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified the 44-year-old victim of an apparent murder as Preston Kealoha Dela Cruz, of Kailua-Kona. Preliminary autopsy results show that Dela Cruz, whose body was found Friday, suffered blunt force trauma to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT RANDALL A. MEDEIROS PHONE: 326-4257 AUGUST 24, 2001 G-78489 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police arrested a 25-year-old man Friday (August 24, 2001) on suspicion of murder. The suspect was identified as John A. Hosek, of Kailua-Kona. At 1:14 p.m., Kona patrol officers went to a residence on Ililoa […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION ACTING SERGEANT STEVEN CHUNG-HOON PHONE: 326-4208 AUGUST 24, 2001 G-77059 MEDIA RELEASE Police are seeking the public’s help in solving a burglary at the Blue Ginger Gallery in Kainaliu, North Kona. Sometime between 5 p.m. August 9 and 9 a.m. August 10, 2001, a thief of thieves entered […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT STEVEN GUILLERMO PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 24, 2001 G-78460 MEDIA RELEASE Acting on a 9:28 a.m. call, South Hilo Patrol officers found the body of a 47-year-old man Friday (August 24, 2001) at an establishment formerly known as the Hilo Hotel at 142 Kinoole Street. The victim […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 AUGUST 24, 2001 G-78085 MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Vice Section officers confiscated 14,927 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to 12 feet in height during a five-day operation that ended Friday (August 24, 2001). Big Island police were joined in the operation by […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT EAST HAWAII FIELD OPERATIONS MAJOR DAVID A. KAWAUCHI PHONE: 961-2345 AUGUST 23, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are cautioning motorists to use extra caution when traveling on Highway 130 in Puna. Since the opening of a special Volcano viewing area on Friday (August 17, 2001), there has been an increase […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 AUGUST 23, 2001 JEFFERY HENDERS0N …missing since August 13, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Police are seeking help from the public in locating a 48-year-old South Kona man who has been reported missing since August 13, 2001. The missing person was identified as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT RANDALL A. MEDEIROS PHONE: 326-4257 AUGUST 22, 2001 G-78242 MEDIA RELEASE A 42-year-old man apparently drowned Wednesday (August 22, 2001) in Kailua Bay. The victim was identified as John Center, of a Holualoa address. Police and fire units responded to a 9:57 a.m. report of a body […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT RAYMOND RODRIGUES PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 20, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a 35-year-old man who apparently drowned Monday (August 20, 2001) in waters off King’s Landing in Hilo. The victim was identified by a close relative as Antonio N. Robert, 35, of a Hilo […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT STEVEN GUILLERMO PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 20, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE A man apparently drowned Monday (August 20, 2001) in waters off King’s Landing in Hilo Responding to a 1:20 p.m. call of a swimmer in distress, a fire rescue helicopter pulled the man’s body from the ocean […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 AUGUST 20, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 13-19, 2001, Big Island police arrested 17 motorists for drunk driving. Two of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic collisions, and one was under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GRACE CASTILLO PHONE: 961-2377 AUGUST 20, 2001 G-70480 SUSPECT IN ATM CARD THEFT — Bank ATM cameras snapped these photos of a woman suspected of making fraudulent withdrawals with a stolen ATM card. MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives are seeking the public’s help in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ALBERT PACHECO PHONE: 326-4230 AUGUST 16, 2001 G-73443 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE The results of an autopsy and lab tests show that a 47-year-old man died as a result of head injuries sustained in a fight that took place the evening of July 8, 2001, in Waimea, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT OFFICER CHRISTOPHER P. GALI PHONE: 961-2332 AUGUST 16, 2001 G-77705 MEDIA RELEASE A 57-year-old Keaau woman was killed Thursday (August 16, 2001) after being involved in a single-vehicle accident on the Keaau-Pahoa Highway (Route 130). Responding to a 3 p.m. call, Puna police reported that the victim’s 1994 […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GUY KANIHO PHONE: 326-4232 AUGUST 16, 2001 G-77269 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE The results of an autopsy conducted Thursday (August 16, 2001) determined that a 44-year-old Kailua-Kona man died of an arrow wound to the heart. The victim, Thomas Depontes, of Kailua-Kona, was shot by an arrow […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 AUGUST 15, 2001 G-77458 MEDIA RELEASE Acting on a search warrant, Kona Vice Section officers arrested a man and a woman Tuesday (August 14, 2001) for a number drug offenses. The suspects were identified as Jason Ishii, 32, and Lorraine Angay, 37, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM DENNIS M. ONISHI, RECREATION DIRECTOR II PHONE: 961-2219 AUGUST 14, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League is sponsoring its fourth Annual HI-PAL 8 and Under Basketball Jam, to be held October 5-7, 2001, in Hilo. Teams in the advanced level interested in taking part are urged […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER THOMAS LETULLE PHONE: 966-5835 AUGUST 14, 2001 G-74916 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police are seeking the public’s help for information about the theft of 85 rolls of wire mesh and hand tools from a residence in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision. Sometime between June 6 and July 22, 2001, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER SEAN SMITH PHONE: 326-4208 AUGUST 14, 2001 G-77019 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police are seeking the public’s help in solving the theft of a motorcycle earlier this month in Kailua-Kona. On August 9, 2001, a thief or thieves stole a 2000 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 from the underground […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ANDREW S. BURIAN PHONE: 961-2381 AUGUST 13, 2001 G-76092 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives arrested and charged a 40-year-old Hilo man Monday (August 13, 2001) with nine offenses in connection with three purse snatchings. The suspect, identified as Edward J. Villanueva, was arrested […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM DENNIS M. ONISHI, RECREATION DIRECTOR II PHONE: 961-2219 AUGUST 13, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League is looking for responsible and reliable adults interested in coaching or helping with a team for the upcoming annual islandwide HI-PAL Boys and Girls Intermediate Basketball League. Anyone interested in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM DENNIS M. ONISHI, RECREATION DIRECTOR II PHONE: 961-2219 AUGUST 13, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League is sponsoring its annual islandwide HI-PAL Boys and Girls Intermediate Basketball League. League play will start on September 11 and run through November 18, 2001. Teams are formed within their […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 AUGUST 13, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 6-12, 2001, Big Island police arrested 20 motorists for drunk driving. Two of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic collisions, and two were under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER WALTER AH MOW PHONE: 326-4646 AUGUST 12, 2001 G-77269 MEDIA RELEASE A 44-year-old Kailua-Kona man died Sunday (August 12, 2001) in an apparent hunting accident after he was shot with an arrow. The victim was identified as Thomas Depontes, 44, of Kailua-Kona. Police learned that Depontes was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER ROGER KALUA PHONE: 961-2311 AUGUST 10, 2001 G-77088 HARRY K.R. HARRISON …escapee from HCCC MEDIA RELEASE A Hawaii Community Correctional Center inmate escaped Friday afternoon (August 10, 2001). The inmate was identified as Harry K.R. Harrison, 35, of an Orchidland subdivision address in Puna. Harrison is described […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 AUGUST 9, 2001 G-71774 MEDIA RELEASE Police are seeking the public’s help in solving the theft of a Craftsman riding lawnmower from the USDA’s National Clonal Germplasm Repository on Stainback Highway. Sometime between 4 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2001, and 6:30 […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO JUVENILE AID SECTION LIEUTENANT RODNEY AURELLO PHONE: 961-2554 AUGUST 6, 2001 G-69166 TERRYLYNN MOLCILIO …missing since May 29 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department is looking for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing from her residence in Glenwood, Puna, since May 29, 2001. The missing girl was identified […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 AUGUST 8, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of July 30-August 5, 2001, Big Island police arrested 19 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic collisions, and three were under the age of 21. So far this […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 AUGUST 2, 2001 G-76194 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Vice Section officers arrested a 74-year-old man Wednesday (August 1, 2001) for alleged commercial promotion of marijuana. Acting at 5:17 p.m. on a search warrant on a residence in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 JULY 31, 2001 G-75946 MEDIA RELEASE Kona vice officers confiscated 697 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to 5 feet during a two-day operation that ended Tuesday (July 31, 2001). The vice officers were joined in the operation by personnel from […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 JULY 31, 2001 G-76086 MEDIA RELEASE A 45-year-old Kona man died and another from Ka’u was seriously injured in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon (July 31, 2001) on the Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11) near the 87-mile marker in South Kona. The […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA JUVENILE AID SECTION DETECTIVE DONNA SPRINGER PHONE: 326-4281 JULY 31, 2001 G-75727MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE A 22-year-old Kawaihae man was charged Monday evening (July 30, 2001) with a variety of felony offenses as the result of an incident that occurred Saturday. Teodulfo K. Pascubillo was charged with three counts of sexual […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER JEFFREY A. FLORES PHONE: 961-2213 JULY 31, 2001 G-76092MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are investigating the robbery Tuesday (July 31, 2001) of a 43-year-old woman at a Hilo shopping center. Responding to an 8:29 p.m. call, officers learned that the victim was sitting outside an office […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION SERGEANT RANDY APELE PHONE: 961-2305 JULY 30, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of July 23-29, 2001, Big Island police arrested 18 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers arrested were involved in traffic collisions, and five were under the age of 21. So far this year, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA JUVENILE AID SECTION DETECTIVE DONNA SPRINGER PHONE: 326-4281 JULY 29, 2001 G-75727 MEDIA RELEASE South Kohala police arrested a 22-year-old Kawaihae man Saturday (July 28, 2001) on two counts of abuse of a family or household member and one count each of kidnapping and sexual assault. The suspect, identified as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 JULY 28, 2001 G-75617 MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives Saturday (July 28, 2001) charged two men with a robbery that occurred the previous evening in Hilo. At 6 p.m., detectives charged with second-degree robbery Marcus Anthony Winkler Jr., 20, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION ACTING LIEUTENANT MARSHALL KANEHAILUA PHONE: 961-2340 JULY 27, 2001 G-75027/HL MEDIA RELEASE Big Island vice officers confiscated 14,051 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to eight feet during a five-day operation that ended Friday (July 27, 2001). Big Island vice officers were joined in the operation by […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF PHONE: 961-2244 JULY 26, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii County Police Chief James Correa has commended Big Island motorists for their high usage of seat belts. “More than 85 percent of Big Island drivers and their passengers are buckling up,” the chief said. “Our motorists are to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION ACTING LIEUTENANT RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 JULY 26, 2001 NEWS RELEASE Police are reminding motorists that one-way traffic patterns on portions of Waianuenue Avenue and Kapiolani Street will go into effect early next month because Big Island schools are reopening for the fall semester. Starting August 1, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO JUVENILE AID SECTION LIEUTENANT RODNEY AURELLO PHONE: 961-2254 JULY 26, 2001 G-65409 JACK LaFORGE …missing since April 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are looking for a 15-year-old boy missing from his Hilo residence since April 24, 2001. The missing youth was identified as Jack LaForge. LaForge is described […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER BELINDA L. KAHIWA PHONE: 326-4646 JULY 26, 2001 G-75213 MEDIA RELEASE Police have identified an 18-year-old male who apparently drowned Tuesday (July 24, 2001) in waters north of Kailua Bay in Kona. The victim was identified as Loren Maas, of Ventura, California. His name had been withheld […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER ISAAC FIESTA III PHONE: 961-2311 JULY 25, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE Police are warning Big Island residents to be wary of a new telephone scam in which the caller offers a scheme in which the victim is promised $10,000 in exchange for $4,000. In this scam, the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT CAPTAIN ROBERT KA’AUA PHONE: 887-3080 JULY 24, 2001 MEDIA RELEASE A 15-year-old male visitor from Connecticut reported Monday (July 23, 2001) that he was robbed of $50 in currency and travelers’ checks at LuLu’s Restaurant in Kailua-Kona. The juvenile told police that about 9:10 p.m., he was […]