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LIFESAVERS — Alberto Alejandro and Franklin Nacis have received letters of commendation from Police Chief Wayne Carvalho for helping save the lives of four persons trapped in a burning vehicle. Attending the presentation are, from left, Elizabeth Alejandro; her husband, Alberto Alejandro; Chief Carvalho; Franklin Nacis; and his mother, Gladys Nacis. HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 NOVEMBER 30, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE An illegal alien convicted of drug offenses has been sentenced to five years in the federal penitentiary. Juan Antonio Lopez, 20, was sentenced Monday (November 29, 1999) before Federal Magistrate David Ezra in U.S. District Court in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER DAYTON TAGACA PHONE: 889-6540 NOVEMBER 29, 1999 G-12572 MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii County Police are looking for a male hiker reported missing Monday (November 29, 1999). The missing man was identified of John Reese, 22, originally from Texas, but now working and living in Puna. He is […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 NOVEMBER 29, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of November 22-28, 1999, Big Island police arrested 30 motorists for drunk driving. Six of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM SERGEANT JERRY D. COLOMA PHONE: 961-2219 NOVEMBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Island Police Activities League will sponsor its 19th annual HI-PAL Winter Basketball Classic on December 26-29, 1999, in Hilo. The tournament will feature five age groups: 9-10 Division, 11-12 Division, 13-14 Division, Girls 12 and Under […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM DENNIS M. ONISHI, RECREATION DIRECTOR PHONE: 961-2219 NOVEMBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League will hold a meeting for those interested in being referees for the upcoming HI-PAL Winter Basketball Classic. The referees meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 7, 1999, at […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM SERGEANT JERRY D. COLOMA PHONE: 961-2219 NOVEMBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Waimea Ponekos and Kealakehe took the division championships in the Hawaii Isle Police Activities League’s recent Girls Intermediate Basketball Tournament. Eighteen teams representing 12 intermediate schools from around the Big Island fought it out in the A […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF PHONE: 961-2244 NOVEMBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department has already surpassed the record number of drunk driving arrests for all of last year. As of Thursday, November 25, 1999, Big Island police had arrested 1,073 drivers for driving under the influence of […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM SERGEANT JERRY D. COLOMA PHONE: 961-2220 NOVEMBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Kealakehe Intermediate and St. Joseph Intermediate captured division titles in the Boys Intermediate East-West Basketball Tournament held recently by the Hawaii Isle Police Activities League in Hilo. In the A Division, Kealakehe cruised by Hilo Intermediate 49-35 to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION OFFICER RANDY K. APELE PHONE: 961-2305 NOVEMBER 22, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are reminding motorists to buckle up before driving to ensure they have a safe and secure holiday season. “We have entered a special season of the year with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year approaching,” […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 NOVEMBER 22, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of November 15-21, 1999, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF PHONE: 961-2244 NOVEMBER 18, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department welcomed 16 new police officers into its ranks Thursday (November 18, 1999). The 16 were members of the 57th Police Recruit Class who graduated during luncheon ceremonies held at the Crown Room of the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 NOVEMBER 9, 1999 G-10872 MEDIA RELEASE A 29-year-old Puna man died Tuesday morning, (November 9, 1999), after his motorcycle collided with a Sport-utility vehicle on Railroad Avenue at the intersection of Lanikaula Street in Hilo. The victim is identified as Miles Fujiyama […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 NOVEMBER 9, 1999 G-10890 MEDIA RELEASE A 23-year-old Kohala man died Tuesday morning, (November 9, 1999), following a head-on collision that occurred on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, (Route 19) near the 70-mile marker in the Puako area. This was the second traffic-related fatality […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST CORREA PHONE: 961-2225 NOVEMBER 8, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Island-wide DUI roadblock and patrols by Traffic Enforcement Unit and patrol officers this past week resulted in the arrest of 14 drivers who were suspected of being under the influence of alcohol (five in Hilo, four in Kona, […]

HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 NOVEMBER 5, 1999 MEDIA RELASE In a continued effort to stop the flow of drugs to the Big Island, Hilo Vice Officers arrested four persons at a residence in the Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision on Friday (November 5, 1999) for a variety of drug […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION CAPTAIN FRANCIS H. RODILLAS PHONE: 961-2214 NOVEMBER 1, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department has started listing the names of persons wanted on outstanding warrants. The Department will release the names of persons wanted for various offenses, but who have eluded police efforts to serve […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST CORREA PHONE: 961-2225 NOVEMBER 1, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Island-wide DUI roadblock and patrols by Traffic Enforcement Unit and patrol officers this past week resulted in the arrest of twenty-five drivers who were suspected of being under the influence of alcohol (nine in Hilo, six in Kona, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE THEODORE GASPAR PHONE: 326-4231 G-09930 OCTOBER 31, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Criminal Investigation detectives Saturday charged a 25 year old man with second degree Reckless Endangering, Ownership Prohibited, third degree Promoting Dangerous Drugs, and Drug Paraphernalia. The suspect, Randall Hatori, is being held at the Kona […]

HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ALBERT PACHECO PHONE: 326-4230 G-09729 OCTOBER 30, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Criminal Investigation Section detectives on 10-30-99 were investigating a reported Sex Assault and Theft which occurred in Kailua-Kona. According to the 21 year old female victim, from Kailua Kona, she was sexually assaulted and also had […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ALBERT PACHECO PHONE: 326-4230 OCTOBER 29, 1999 G-09729 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE On October 29, 1999, Kona Criminal Investigation detectives charged Carlton Cooper, M-50, of Oakland, California, who was being held in connection with the incident on October 27, 1999, at a condominium in Waikoloa, South Kohala, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT BURTON H. YAMAGUCHI PHONE: 961-2211 G-09840 OCTOBER 29, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE On October 29, 1999, at about 07:55 A.M., the South Hilo Police and Fire/Rescue Units responded to a report of a body submerged in the water off the Wailoa State Park, in Hilo, Hawaii. A […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE ALBERT PACHECO PHONE: 326-4207 OCTOBER 28, 1999 G-09729 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Criminal Investigation detectives are investigating a reported Abuse Household Member, Kidnapping, Sex Assault, Assault and Promoting Detrimental Drugs which occurred in South Kohala. On October 27, 1999, at 10:05 P.M., South Kohala patrol officers responded […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREG YAMADA PHONE: 966-5835 OCTOBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE The victim in the Tuesday morning Public Accident at Kehena Beach in Puna has been identified as Robert Harold Andrews, of San Francisco, California. The autopsy in this case has not been completed. # # #

HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH KOHALA PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT ELSTON SEO PHONE: 887-3080 OCTOBER 28, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE On October 28, 1999, at approximately 02:30 A.M., the South Kohala Police responded to a reported Traffic Accident on the Waikoloa Road. On arrival, officers frond a single vehicle, a 1998 Isuzu MPVH overturned and on itâs right […]

HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREG YAMADA PHONE:966-5835 OCTOBER 26, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE A 49-year-old male visitor from California was an apparent drowning victim at Kehena Beach on the Big Islands Puna coast. Police and Fire Rescue personnel responded to a call of a swimmer in distress at 11:07 A.M., Tuesday morning, at […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 OCTOBER 18, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of October 18-25, 1999, Big Island police arrested 7 motorists for drunk driving. Two of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 OCTOBER 24, 1999 G-09421 MEDIA RELEASE A 50-year-old Waimea man died as died as a result of injuries sustained in the Saturday afternoon (October 23, 1999) head-on collision on Route 19 near the 6 mm, that had already claimed the life of […]

John Norbriga HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 OCTOBER 23, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Police are looking for John Nobriga, 29, who failed to return from funeral leave to the Hawaii Community Correctional Center on September 11, 1999. Nobriga, who was released from the HCCC on court orders […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY POLICING TEAM OFFICER MICHAEL LEITE PHONE: 961-5835 OCTOBER 22, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police and members of various community, youth and church groups will be waving signs to warn motorists against drinking and driving during the holiday season. Taking part in the project will be Puna Community Policing, Traffic […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREGG J. SILVA PHONE: 961-2311 OCTOBER 21, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Police are looking for suspects who burglarized the Puhi Bay Store in Hilo’s Keaukaha area late Tuesday (October 19, 1999) or early Wednesday. The burglars made off with more than $1,000 in liquor, cigarettes, cigarette lighters […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT CAPTAIN JOHN E. DAWRS PHONE: 889-6540 OCTOBER 20, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE North Kohala police are reminding motorists that because of the Ironman Triathlon, the Akoni Pule Highway (Route 270) will be closed to traffic between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday (October 23, 1999). Only restricted […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2252 OCTOBER 20, 1999 G-06613 MEDIA RELEASE Police are warning Big Island residents about another scam, this one involving stealing unsolicited “credit checks,” forging signatures on them and cashing them for large amounts of money. Police said thieves have rifled through trash […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM SERGEANT JERRY D. COLOMA PHONE: 961-2219 OCTOBER 18, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Island Police Activities League is currently registering 6- and 7-year-olds interested in playing T-ball. A limited amount of players is needed to fill a team, and practice will begin this week. For more information or to […]

VANDALISM ON CAMPUS — Vandals have left their scrawls for others to clean up on vehicles and buildings on the campus of Hilo’s Hawaii Community College. Police say the damages are likely to amount to several thousand dollars. HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM OFFICER JOHN RODRIGUES PHONE: 961-2250 OCTOBER 18, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 OCTOBER 18, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of October 11-17, 1999, Big Island police arrested 28 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFICER WARREN K. SHAW PHONE: 961-8833 OCTOBER 15, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Motorists will see many local school students and their supporters waving signs along the highway this month to support a drug-free Big Island. The sign waving is part of this year’s National Red Ribbon Week […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 OCTOBER 15, 1999 G-07517 MEDIA RELEASE Kona Juvenile Aid Section officers have arrested four juvenile males they said are responsible for vandalizing public and private property with graffiti. Three juveniles — one of them 14 and the other two 15 — […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 OCTOBER 15, 1999 G-08738 MEDIA RELEASE Hilo Vice Section officers and State Narcotics Enforcement Division personnel arrested a 40-year-old man after a high speed chase Friday (October 15, 1999) in the Panaewa Farmlots area of South Hilo. During an investigation, the officers at […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT DETECTIVE ALEX GRAVES, 326-4282 SERGEANT DONNA SPRINGER, 326-4222 OCTOBER 15, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Hawaii County Police Department is sponsoring a presentation on domestic violence Saturday, October 30, 1999. The free program, entitled “Kapae Kekaua e ka Hoahanau” (“To […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GLENN Y. UEHANA PHONE: 961-2386 OCTOBER 12, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the skeletal remains found August 31, 1999, in the area above Ala Ili Road in the Kalapana area of Puna. The remains, apparently of a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT LIEUTENANT JAMES KELLY PHONE: 966-5835 OCTOBER 12, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The two-story section of a house burned down Tuesday (October 12, 1999) in the Glenwood area of the Puna District. Responding to a 5:30 p.m. call, police officers and multiple and volunteer fire units arrived to find the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAMAKUA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER WENDALL CARTER PHONE: 775-7533 OCTOBER 12, 1999 G-08412 MEDIA RELEASE A fire accidentally started by a gas torch destroyed a wooden shed, a pickup truck and other items Tuesday (October 12, 1999) in the Hamakua District. Responding to a 12:25 p.m. call, Police and Fire Department personnel […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 OCTOBER 12, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE CORRECTION During the week of October 4-10, 1999, Big Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 OCTOBER 11, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of October 4-10, 1999, Big Island police arrested 25 motorists for drunk driving. Five of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT LIEUTENANT JAMES KELLY PHONE: 966-5835 OCTOBER 10, 1999 G-08227/G-08228/G-08238 MEDIA RELEASE Three persons apparently drowned in two separate incidents Sunday (October 10, 1999) in waters off the Puna coastline. In the first incident, two teenage males apparently drowned in waters off the end of Kahakai Boulevard in the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 OCTOBER 9, 1999 G-08118 MEDIA RELEASE A 39-year-old Hilo man died Saturday morning (October 9, 1999) after a one-car traffic accident on Saddle Road. Police identified the victim as Ronian Kelekolio of the Panaewa subdivision in Hilo. Responding to a 4:21 a.m. […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 OCTOBER 8, 1999 G-08034 MEDIA RELEASE Police discovered booby traps in the form of sharpened branches of ohia trees Wednesday (October 6, 1999) during a marijuana sweep off Saddle Road. The branches were sharpened in a way to injure law enforcement personnel rappelling […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OCTOBER 8, 1999 HILO COMMUNITY POLICING TEAM OFFICER MASA PAGAY PHONE: 961-2350 PHOTO CAPTION KEIKI CAUTION — Sixth grade students at Ernest B. De Silva Elementary School caution motorists to slow down near the school on Ainako Street. Thirteen pupils from classes taught by Coleen Alba and Beverly Takimoto joined school […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAMAKUA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER WENDALL CARTER PHONE: 775-7533 OCTOBER 5, 1999 G-07760 MEDIA RELEASE Hamakua police are looking for a 16-year-old boy who stabbed a 15-year-old boy in the back Tuesday (October 5, 1999) in the parking lot of the Hale Hauole apartment building in Honokaa. The victim was taken to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 OCTOBER 4, 1999 G-07525 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE NO. 2 Police have identified the body of a man found Saturday (October 2, 1999) as that of Dean Cunningham, 50, of Kailua-Kona. Cunningham was identified through dental records. An autopsy completed Monday was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT DEREK D. PACHECO PHONE: 961-2255 OCTOBER 4, 1999 G-07632 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Hilo Criminal Investigation Section detectives have charged a 34-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed another man Monday (October 4, 1999). The suspect, Drew K. Shintani, of Keaau, Puna, is being held […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHAD FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 OCTOBER 4, 1999 G-07632 MEDIA RELEASE Police have arrested a 34-year-old man for attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed another man Monday (October 4, 1999). Responding to an 8:07 a.m. call, Hilo patrol officers arrived at 50 Pohaku Street to find that […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 OCTOBER 2, 1999 G-07525 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Kona Criminal Investigation Section detectives said they believe the skeletal remains found Saturday (October 2, 1999) in a remote area of Kailua-Kona are those of a male who had been reported missing. Police are […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT LEROY D. VICTORINO PHONE: 326-4208 OCTOBER 2, 1999 G-07525 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police Saturday (October 2, 1999) recovered the skeletal remains of an unknown individual in a remote area of Kailua-Kona. Responding to a 12:45 p.m. call, police located the remains at the end of Kamaka Eha […]

CONRAD NISHIHARA …missing since March 29, 1999 HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT JUVENILE AID SECTION LIEUTENANT LARRY WEBER PHONE: 961-2254 OCTOBER 1, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are looking for a 17-year-old boy who has been reported missing from the Hilo Interim Home since March 29, 1999. The missing youth, Conrad Nishihara, is described as […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT BRADLEY K. MAIN PHONE: 326-4208 OCTOBER 1, 1999 G-07456 MEDIA RELEASE A 16-year-old boy was attacked by a shark Friday (October 1, 1999) while surfing in waters off the Old Kona Airport Park. Responding to a 6:26 p.m. call, police and fire rescue personnel learned that the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHAD FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 OCTOBER 1, 1999 G-07412 MEDIA RELEASE A two-story Hilo home was heavily damaged by fire Friday (October 1, 1999). Responding to a 12:25 p.m. call, police and fire rescue personnel arrived to find the wooden structure, located at 9 East Uluwai Street, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 G-07181 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police seized a total of 1,033 marijuana plants ranging in height from seedlings to four feet during the past two days as part of its continuing “Counter-Cannabis Field Operation.” The marijuana eradication effort, which […]

PARTNERS — HELCO President Warren Lee, left, Community Policing Officer Robert Almeida and Salvador Luquin, owner of Luquin’s Mexican Restaurant, join hands in a partnership to reduce crime in Pahoa. The three worked together to install lights in the Akebono Theater parking lot, which residents say has been a center of illegal drug activities in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 20-26, 1999, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Three of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 G-06637 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have released the identity of a woman who died early Thursday (September 23, 1999) after she was struck by a vehicle as she was attempting to cross Paniolo Avenue near Hooko Street in Waikoloa, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT CAPTAIN JOHN E. DAWRS PHONE: 889-6540 SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 G-06654 MEDIA RELEASE A three-bedroom house burned to the ground Thursday (September 23, 1999) in the Puehuehu area of North Kohala. Responding to a 7:08 a.m. call, police and fire personnel arrived at the residence, located near the […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 G-06637 MEDIA RELEASE An unidentified woman believed to be residing in Waikoloa died Thursday morning (September 23, 1999) after she was struck late Wednesday night while crossing Paniolo Avenue just above Hooko Street in Waikoloa, South Kohala. Police have […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT CHAD FUKUI PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Police are warning Big Island residents about another telephone scam, this one involving a caller who is offering to sell $100 savings bonds for $10 apiece — in return for the would-be victim’s bank account number. An […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 G-06105 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have identified a man whose body was found Thursday (September 16, 1999) in Keauhou, North Kona. The victim was identified through dental records as Donald Ray Gatewood, 59, of Keauhou. Gatewood’s body was […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 13-19, 1999, Big Island police arrested 22 motorists for drunk driving. One of the drivers was arrested for DUI after being involved in a traffic accident. So far this year, there have […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KA’U PATROL DISTRICT SERGEANT TEOFILO J. JIMENEZ PHONE: 939-1520 SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 G-06345 MEDIA RELEASE A fire Sunday night (September 20, 1999) destroyed the South Point Bar and Restaurant in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. Responding to a 10:03 p.m. call, Ka’u police and fire personnel arrived to find the wooden building […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION CAPTAIN JULIAN H. SHIROMA PHONE: 326-4213 SEPTEMBER 17, 1999 G-06105 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a man found Thursday (September 16, 1999) in Keauhou, North Kona. Responding to a 1:53 p.m. call, officers found the body about […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY TAVARES PHONE: 961-2253 SEPTEMBER 17, 1999 G-05940 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police have initiated a reckless endangering investigation after finding punji sticks near a marijuana patch during a Counter-Cannabis Field Operation. Law enforcement officers found the punji sticks — waist-high sharpened sticks designed to wound the […]

APPRECIATED EQUIPMENT — Puna Community Policing Officer Robert Almeida receives the monitor of a free PC from Arthur K. Taniguchi, vice president and manager of the Bank of Hawaii’s Kaiko’o Branch. The PC was one of two donated to Puna police recently by island companies. HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM OFFICER ROBERT […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM SERGEANT JERRY D. COLOMA PHONE: 961-2219 SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE The Positive Alternative Gang Education program and Hawaii Isle Police Activities League are extending the deadline for registering for an Elementary Girls Basketball League. Girls in grades 4-6 will be eligible to play in the league, sponsored […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA VICE SECTION LIEUTENANT ROBERT P. HICKCOX PHONE: 326-4205 SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Vice Section officers have arrested a South Kohala man and seized four vehicles for possible forfeiture in a mainland marijuana case. Acting on an Illinois warrant, the officers arrested Stanley Forbes, 39, Tuesday (September 14, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF PHONE: 961-2244 SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 PHOTO CAPTION NEW PATROL SCOOTERS — Officer Matthew Kaaihue of the South Hilo Patrol tries out one of the police department’s two new three-wheel patrol scooters. The four-cylinder GO-4 Interceptors join the department’s current fleet of eight Cushman motorscooters, six in […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION CAPTAIN FRANCIS H. RODILLAS PHONE: 961-2214 SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Police are warning Big Island residents about another scam, this one over the telephone offering would-be victims $18,000 in return for several thousand dollars. An elderly Big Island resident reported sending a caller from Canada a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of September 6-12, 1999, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Two of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PUNA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER MICHAEL LEITE PHONE: 966-5835 SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 G-05870 MEDIA RELEASE Puna police are seeking the public’s help in solving the burglary of a construction site late Monday (September 13, 1999) or early Tuesday in Keaau. Employees of M. Sonomura Contracting Company arrived for work at the Keaau […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION OFFICER GREGORIO ANTOLIN PHONE: 326-4646 SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 G-05764 MEDIA RELEASE A 50-year-old Waimea man apparently drowned Sunday (September 12, 1999) in waters off the Old Kailua Airport Beach in Kailua-Kona. The victim was identified as Alvin Ulu Kealoha. Responding to a report of a swimmer in distress, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 30-September 5, 1999, Big Island police arrested 20 motorists for drunk driving. One of the drivers was arrested for DUI after being involved in a traffic accident. So far this year, there […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POLICE CHIEF PHONE: 961-2244 SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 PHOTO CAPTION IN APPRECIATION — Jenna Yancey, special events manager for Special Olympics Hawaii, presents Police Chief Wayne Carvalho with a plaque of appreciation. Each year, the Hawaii County Police Department’s contributes to the Special Olympics by holding a run and […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION SERGEANT SID YANABU PHONE: 326-4208 SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are seeking the public’s help in locating a Kona man wanted for questioning in an auto theft case. He is Ricky Hao, 38. Hao is described as being 5-feet-7 in height, weighing 160 pounds with […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT JOSEPH HING PHONE: 326-4208 SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 G-05402/G-05403 MEDIA RELEASE Police are looking for a male suspect who attempted to rob two German tourists Wednesday evening (September 8, 1999) in Kailua-Kona. Responding to a call at 7:45 p.m., Kona patrol officers learned that the two women, a […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT SOUTH HILO PATROL DIVISION OFFICER KELLEY MATSUMOTO PHONE: 961-2311 SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 G-05309 MEDIA RELEASE A visitor from Oregon was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday evening (September 7, 1999) in Hilo’s Keaukaha area. Brian Keimig, 18, of Beaverton, Oregon, told investigating officers that a male suspect with a gun approached him about […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT NORTH KOHALA PATROL DISTRICT OFFICER VIENGSAVANH SIVANKEO PHONE: 889-6540 SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 G-05196 MEDIA RELEASE A North Kohala teenager shot himself in the right foot Monday (September 6, 1999) while hunting in the Alaalae area near Hawi in North Kohala. The 15-year-old victim was hunting with three friends about 6:30 p.m. […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 G-05182 MEDIA RELEASE A 15-year-old Hilo girl died Monday afternoon (September 6, 1999) following a one-car traffic accident on Stainback Highway about 4 miles mauka of the Volcano Highway (Route 11) intersection and above the Panaewa Zoo. The victim […]

LELIO RIGAUD-CHAPINI …being held on $100,000 bail HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA PATROL DIVISION LIEUTENANT JOSEPH HING PHONE: 326-4208 SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 G-05436 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police have caught a suspect who escaped Sunday (August 29, 1999) from the Kona Community Hospital, where he had been taken to be x-rayed. The suspect, Lelio Rigaud-Chapini, 33, […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM RECREATION DIRECTOR DENNIS ONISHI PHONE: 961-2219 SEPTEMBER 3, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League is sponsoring its annual HI-PAL Boys and Girls Intermediate Basketball League. League play will start Thursday (September 9, 1999) for the girls and September 21, 1999, for the boys. The league is […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HI-PAL PROGRAM RECREATION DIRECTOR DENNIS ONISHI PHONE: 961-2219 SEPTEMBER 3, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Isle Police Activities League is sponsoring its second annual HI-PAL 8 and Under Basketball Jam, to be held October 1-3, 1999, in Hilo. Teams in the advance level that are interested in participating are urged to […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT OFFICER CHRISTOPHER GALI PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 G-04777 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Police are looking for witnesses who may have seen an accident in which a pedestrian was struck by a car Wednesday (September 1, 1999) and later died. The victim, Wendal Kepaa, 41, of Hilo, was trying […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 G-04777 MEDIA RELEASE A 41-year-old Hilo man died Wednesday night (September 1, 1999) after being struck earlier in the day while attempting to cross Kilauea Avenue near Hoku Street. The victim was identified as Wendal Kepaa. Responding to a […]

BROTHERS MISSING–Brothers Jason Smith, 16, left, and Franklin Makaimoku, 13, have been missing from their home in Keaau, Puna, since August 1, 1999. HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT JUVENILE AID SECTION LIEUTENANT LARRY WEBER PHONE: 961-2254 SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 G-01966/G-01967 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are looking for teenage brothers who have been reported missing from […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Police are advising motorists to exercise extra caution over the upcoming Labor Day weekend. Lieutenant Ernest E. Correia, head of the Traffic Service Section, said police expect heavier than usual traffic on Big Island roadways from Friday […]

STACY “HOKU” YOUNG …arrested after traffic accident HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION DETECTIVE GREG ESTEBAN PHONE: 961-2384 SEPTEMBER 1, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE UPDATE Big Island police Tuesday (August 31, 1999) arrested an Oahu man wanted for robbery. The man, Stacy Young, also known as “Hoku,” was arrested after Puna patrol officers responded […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HILO VICE SECTION DETECTIVE MARSHALL K. KANEHAILUA PHONE: 961-2340 AUGUST 31, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police arrested four persons in Paauilo Tuesday (August 31, 1999) for a variety of drug offenses. Acting on a search warrant and assisted by North Hilo and Hamakua patrol officers, Hilo Vice Section officers arrested […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY POLICING PROJECT OFFICER STAN HAANIO PHONE: 323-2591 AUGUST 30, 1990 MEDIA RELEASE Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying individuals who are illegally trespassing on ranch land and damaging property to ride off-road motorcycles or all-terrain vehicles. Kona police made the request after meeting with members of the Big […]

LELIO RIGAUD-CHAPINI …sought by Big Island police HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT KONA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SECTION LIEUTENANT HENRY W. HICKMAN PHONE: 326-4203 AUGUST 30, 1999 G-04536 MEDIA RELEASE Kona police have issued an all-points bulletin for a suspect who escaped Sunday (August 29, 1999) from the Kona Community Hospital, where he had been taken by guards […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 AUGUST 30, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii County Police Department has reclassified a traffic accident in which a man was killed at the Kailua Pier as a major non-traffic fatality. Joe Henry Kahananui, 35, of Kailua-Kona, died early Saturday (August 28, 1999) […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION LIEUTENANT ERNEST E. CORREIA PHONE: 961-2225 AUGUST 30, 1999 MEDIA RELEASE During the week of August 23-29, 1999, Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunk driving. Four of the drivers were arrested for DUI after being involved in traffic accidents. So far this year, there have been […]

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENTx TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT SERGEANT SAMUEL V. JELSMA PHONE: 961-2332 AUGUST 28, 1999 G-04417 G-04420 MEDIA RELEASE Two Kona men were killed in separate traffic accidents that occurred early Saturday (August 28, 1999) in Kailua-Kona. The victim of the first accident, which occurred on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, was identified as Joshua Bus, […]