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Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of October 19, 2015, through October 25, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 26 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Two were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15031376 Keith Cummings   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 49-year-old Pāhoa man with two offenses stemming from an incident Friday (October 23) in Puna. Keith Kaapana Cummings was taken into custody Friday afternoon following a brief standoff […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Top Cop: Lloyd Ishikawa Media Release Puna Patrol Officer Lloyd Ishikawa was named the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s 2015 “Top Cop” by the Law Enforcement/Security Coalition of Hawaiʻi. Captain Samuel Jelsma said Ishikawa, a 29-year veteran, has a near-perfect work attendance record. In […]

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 Jared Cabatu.   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Jared Cabatu on Thursday (October 22) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Allan Watanabe Phone: 962-2120 Report No. C15031075 Stolen Bell Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help about a theft in Papaʻaloa. At 10:12 a.m. Wednesday (October 21), police responded to a reported theft at the Papaʻaloa Hongwanji. They learned that a 100-year-old bronze bell […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15030561   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have confirmed the identity of a decomposing body that was found in a ravine while police were searching for a missing Hilo couple. The body was identified through fingerprints late Monday afternoon (October […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Daylan Asuncion Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C15030908 Mark Scott Silva   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for threatening a family member with a firearm. In response to a 5:38 p.m. call Monday (October 19) to the 18-1700 block […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of October 12, 2015, through October 18, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 27 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15030561   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are attempting to identify a decomposing body that was found in a ravine while police were searching for a Hilo couple who had been reported missing. Masaru Miyamoto, 93, and his 88-year-old wife, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Officer Nelson Cacho Phone: 935-3311 Report No. C15030615 Missing: Lorianne Kamai Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 23-year-old Hilo woman who was reported missing. Lorianne Kamai was last seen in the Pāhoa Town area on Monday (October 12). She is described as 4-foot-11, 114 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C15030490   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a criminal property damage case in connection with damage to a fiber optics cable network on Mauna Kea. An employee with Mauna Kea Observatories Support Services reported the damage Thursday (October 15) after […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Alan Kimura Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15030561 Masaru Miyamoto Tamie Miyamoto   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a Hilo man and woman who were reported missing. Masaru Miyamoto, 93, and his 88-year-old wife, Tamie Miyamoto, were last seen in Hilo on Sunday (October 11). Masaru […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Miles Chong Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15015946 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawai`i Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person wanted in connection with a burglary investigation. Between May 29 and May 31, an unknown person entered a business on the 27-0000 block […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area I Captain Robert Wagner Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C14030416 Eric K. Silva Jr.   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 28-year-old man wanted for questioning in connection with a theft investigation. Eric K. Silva Jr. is described as a local male, about 5-foot-10, 130 pounds, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15030060   Media Release (update) An autopsy conducted Monday (October 12) has determined that a man found floating Sunday (October 11) in waters at Anaehoʻomalu Bay in Waikoloa died from a medical condition while swimming. He was identified […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15023811 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of using counterfeit money in Hilo on August 14. He is pictured in a surveillance image from a local gas station. Police […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15029383 Jarrett Hanato China-Lyn Almeida Media Release A man and a woman have been charged with felonies after being found at a burglary in progress in Puna. On October 5, Puna Patrol officers responded to an 8:05 a.m. report of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Norbert Serrao Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15026937   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 61-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Joseph Dias Souza was last seen in Hilo on August 24. He is described as 5-foot-11, 215 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Sergeant Charisse Wakita Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C15030132   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Monday (October 12) in Kalapana. Shortly before noon, a 64-year-old man was on his porch on the 12-4300 block of Pāhoa-Kalapana Road (Highway 130) when a man with his face obscured walked […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of October 5, 2015, through October 11, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15015064 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a person whose image was captured on a surveillance camera during a burglary in Hilo. On May 22, someone broke into […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15030060   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning Sunday (October 11) at Anaehoʻomalu Bay in Waikoloa. In response to a 12:59 p.m. report, South Kohala officers  learned that a concerned citizen had pulled the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15029647 Boris Vereshak   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged the Pāhoa man who was arrested last week following a stabbing in Pohoiki. At 6 p.m. Friday (October 9), 61-year-old Boris Ivanovich Vereshak (previously identified as […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol, Area I Operations Lieutenant James Gusman Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15025174   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old Hilo girl who was reported missing. Sabrina Guerrero-Loa was last seen in Hilo on August 27. She is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-5, 220 pounds with brown hair […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Bradley Freitas Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C15029988   Media Release A 1-year-old Kailua-Kona boy died after being hit by a car Saturday evening (October 10) in the parking lot of Kahaluʻu Housing in Kailua-Kona. He was identified as Benwa Benjimon. Responding to a 7:54 p.m. call, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15029763   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island Police are investigating a reported attempt at a car theft in Hilo on Thursday night (October 8). Patrol officers responding to a 9:35 p.m. call met with a 20-year-old Volcano man in a parking […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15029647 Boris Vereshak   Media Release One man is in the hospital and another is in police custody following a dispute that turned violent Wednesday evening (October 7) in Pohoiki. In response to an 8:15 p.m. call, Puna […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Administrative Services Division Major Samuel Thomas Phone: 961-2265 Logan Kahele Bishop Jacob Freebairn Media Release The most recent edition of the Crime Stoppers television program “Hawaiʻi Island’s Most Wanted” highlights one man wanted for questioning in a robbery and another wanted on multiple warrants. The new episode begins airing Friday (October 9). […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15029639   Media Release An 18-year-old man died Wednesday (October 7) after being swept down the Wailuku River in Hilo. He has been identified as Kevin Jay Ishikawa of Hilo. In response to a 3:34 p.m. call, police learned that Ishikawa had […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15023108   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 17-year-old Hilo boy who was reported missing. Samson Mahu was last seen in Hilo on August 7. He is described as Hawaiian, 5-foot-7, 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. […]

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

Hawaiʻi Police Department Lientenant Gregory Esteban Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Phone: 971-2252   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are alerting the public about apparent lottery scams that have resurfaced. A Hilo resident received a letter from the “International Lotto Commission,” which purported to originate from Madrid, Spain. It claimed the recipient had won more […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are again warning shoppers not to leave handbags unattended in shopping carts. Police have received several recent reports of elderly female shoppers who had purses removed from shopping carts at various stores in Hilo while the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15028663 Dyllan Paulo-Leslie   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a second Captain Cook man with multiple offenses in connection with the theft of a car last week from a home in Kailua-Kona. On September 27, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15029447   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 51-year-old Roxann Leilani Uaiwa of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was found in good health in Puna on Tuesday afternoon (October 6).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15029447   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 51-year-old Hilo woman who was reported missing. Roxann Leilani Uaiwa was last seen in Hilo on Sunday (October 4). She is described as 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-7, 140 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of September 28, 2015, through October 4, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three were under the age of 21. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 56-year-old Hilo man wanted on a bench warrant for failure to appear in court. Morris John Paiva is also wanted for questioning in connection with theft and forgery cases. He is described […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 249 Nicholas Volpa   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 25-year-old Nicholas Volpa of Kailua-Kona, who was wanted on a bench warrant. He was arrested Sunday (October 4) and charged with contempt of court. He was also arrested on suspicion of theft and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Lieutenant Gilbert Gaspar Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 230 Tirino Balik   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 45-year-old man wanted on a bench warrant for contempt of court. Tirino Balik is also wanted for questioning in connection with a violation of court order investigation. He […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Bradley Freitas Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C15029261   Media Release   A 20-year-old Kamuela man died following a two-vehicle collision one-half mile south of the 3-mile marker on Māmālahoa Highway (Route 190), in the early evening hours of Saturday (October 3) in Kamuela. He has been […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Lieutenant Juergen Canda Phone: 887-3080 Brandon Paulino-Pawai   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 25-year-old Kamuela man wanted on warrants for contempt of court and violating terms of a deferred plea. Brandon K. Paulino-Pawai is described as 5-foot-10, 190 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 249   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have been investigating a rash of burglaries in Kona. During the month of September, police responded to 33 burglaries in the Kona District, including 13 along Aliʻi Drive. Many of those were in condominium units, where the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol Sergeant William Derr Phone: 965-2716 Report No. C15028541   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are releasing the name of a man who went missing last weekend while fishing from a cliff in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna. He has been identified as 51-year-old Joseph M. Leialoha of Keaʻau. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Lieutenant Nancy Haitsuka Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 249 Nicholas Volpa   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 25-year-old Kona man wanted on a bench warrant for contempt of court. Nicholas Volpa of Kailua-Kona is also wanted for questioning in connection with theft, abuse and burglary cases. He is […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Kohala District Officer Denise Smith-Erickson Phone: 887-3080 Nathan Ah Loo   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 36-year-old man wanted on two bench warrants. Nathan Christopher Ah Loo is wanted for contempt of court and violating probation. He is also wanted for questioning in connection with abuse and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 George Kahakua   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 35-year-old Hilo man who was being sought on several warrants of arrest. George Kahakua Jr. turned himself in at the Hilo police station Monday (September 28) and was charged with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15028819 Alihilani Stringert Christiansan Kaawa Media Release A stolen truck has led to the arrest of two men for a robbery August 4 in Kailua-Kona. On that date, a 32-year-old Kailua-Kona man was robbed of his bag in […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Tevita Afu   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located a Kailua-Kona man who was wanted on an arrest warrant for violating probation and for questioning in other cases. At 4:20 a.m. Wednesday (September 30), Kona Patrol officers arrested 25-year-old […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15028663 Kolton Bannister   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Captain Cook man with five offenses after a car and other items were stolen from a home in Kailua-Kona. On Sunday (September 27) a 2004 Audi […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Norbert Serrao Phone: 961-2213 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are warning the public about a telephone utility scam. A Hilo business reported Wednesday (September 30) that it received a phone call from someone posing as a representative of the local electric company. The caller claimed the business’ electric […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15028296   Media Release An autopsy conducted Tuesday (September 29) on the body of a man found floating in Hilo Bay last week has ruled out foul play in his death. The medical examiner determined that the unidentified man died […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C15028619   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police have located 36-year-old Mica Newberry of Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found Tuesday in Puna.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Logan Kahele Bishop   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 26-year-old Nāālehu man wanted on a bench warrant for violating terms of probation. Logan Kahele-Bishop is described as a local male, approximately 5-foot-10, 160 pounds with brown eyes and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15028573 Joseph Fernandez   Media Release A 26-year-old Volcano man has been charged with two firearm offenses in connection with a confrontation late Saturday (September 26) in Downtown Hilo. In response to an 11 p.m. report of a possible affray at the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Lorenzo Artienda Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15028783   Media Release (corrects offense to robbery in 1st paragraph) Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery Tuesday morning (September 29) in Downtown Hilo. In response to a 6:02 a.m. call, South Hilo Patrol officers responded to the 200 block of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Lorenzo Artienda Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15028783   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a burglary Tuesday morning (September 29) in Downtown Hilo. In response to a 6:02 a.m. call, South Hilo Patrol officers responded to the 200 block of Kamehameha Avenue, where a 47-year-old woman reported […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Sergeant Brad Feliciano Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 291 Tevita Afu   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 25-year-old Kona man wanted on an arrest warrant for violating probation. Tevita Afu is also wanted for questioning in connection with investigations into theft and unauthorized use of motor vehicle cases. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of September 21, 2015, through September 27, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four 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. C15011964 Surveillance Image   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person wanted in connection with a burglary investigation. An unknown person entered a house on the 800 block of Kukuau Street in the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15028619 Mica Newberry   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 36-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Mica Newberry was last seen in Hilo Saturday afternoon (September 26). He is described as 6-foot-2, 195 pounds with blue eyes and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Alan Kimura Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15019243 Missing: Kuuipo Taketa   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 16-year-old girl who was reported missing. Kuuipo Taketa was last seen in Hilo on July 1. She is described as Japanese/Filipino, 5-foot-2, 103 pounds with black hair, brown […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant Alan Kimura Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15028296   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have initiated a coroner’s inquest investigation in connection with a body found in Hilo Bay on Thursday evening. Shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday, South Hilo Patrol officers responded to the 100 block of Banyan Drive […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing Lieutenant Darren Horio Phone: 935-3311 George Kahakua   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 35-year-old Hilo man wanted on several warrants of arrest. George Kahakua is wanted on four contempt of court warrants with bail amounts totaling $1,450. He is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-6, 160 pounds with […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone: 961-2244 Aloha Exchange Club member Jay Kimura presents an “Officer of the Month” award to Officer Paul Mangus   Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Paul Mangus on Thursday (September 24) as the East Hawaiʻi “Officer of the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15028146   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 43-year-old Mary Jo Victorino of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed and in good health in Hilo on Thursday (September 24).

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo District Lieutenant Miles Chong Phone: 808-961-2213 Report No. C15028146 Mary Jo Victorino   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 43-year-old Hilo woman who was reported missing. Mary Jo Victorino was last seen in Hilo on the evening of September 23. She is described as 5-foot-5, 200 pounds […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area II Sergeant Bradley P. Freitas Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C15027900   Media Release A 31-year-old Kona woman was involved in a one-vehicle traffic casualty Monday evening (September 21) in Kailua-Kona. She was identified as Keri Flores of Kailua-Kona. Responding to a 7:41 p.m. call Monday, police […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department North Kohala District Captain Albert Jason Cortez Phone: 889-6540 Jamie Salis   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 55-year-old Hāwī man who was reported missing. Jamie Salis was last seen September 17 diving in the ocean at night off Old Coast Guard Road. He is described as 5-foot-7, 165 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Division, Area II Captain Chad Basque Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 263 Report No. C15026684 Alihilani Stringert   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 27-year-old Kealakekua man wanted for questioning in connection with a robbery. Alihilani Joshua Stringert is described as 5-foot-11, 180 pounds with brown eyes, short brown […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of September 14, 2015, through September 20, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 20 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 South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Norbert Serrao Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15027791   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 24-year-old Julia Sollazo of Wisconsin, who was reported missing. She was found in Hilo unharmed and in good health at 11:50 a.m. Monday (September 21).

  Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Bradley Freitas Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C15027511   Media Release (update) An autopsy was conducted Monday (September 21) on the body of 49-year-old Robert J. Cooley of Hilo, who died Thursday (September 17) after being involved in a one-vehicle traffic collision in Waikoloa. The medical […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area II Lieutenant Sherry Bird Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 226 Report No. C15027642 Derek Conway   Media Release A Waikoloa man has been charged with drug and weapons offenses after concerned citizens reported he had been in a parked car with the engine running for two hours Friday evening (September 18) […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Sergeant Paul Kim Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15027791 Julia Sollazo   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 24-year-old Wisconsin woman who was reported missing. Julia Sollazo was last seen in Hilo on Friday evening (September 18). She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-3, 130 pounds with blond hair and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Paoule Phone: 961-2305   Media Release A temporary one-way traffic pattern will be in effect along a portion of Kapiʻolani Street on Saturday, October 3. Between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., traffic will flow in the Puna direction only on Kapiʻolani Street between Hualālai […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant James Gusman Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15027498   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 66-year-old Joseph Whitney of Hilo, who was reported missing. He was found unharmed Friday (September 18) in Hilo.

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C150207274 Gulliver Brown James Lancaster   Media Release Two Puna men have been charged with burglary and other offenses after concerned citizens reported a burglary in progress. At 6:29 a.m. Wednesday (September 16), officers responded to a report of an […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kaʻū District Officer Shawn Ibarra Phone: 939-2520 Report No. C15027077   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have located 42-year-old Desma Aniban of Honokaʻa, who was reported missing. She was found unharmed in Honokaʻa on Friday (September 18).

Hawaiʻi Police Department Community Policing, Area II Officer Scott Dewey Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 257 Shalee Minamishin   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a 16-year-old Hāmākua girl who was reported missing. Shalee Minamishin was last seen in the Hāmākua District on July 31. She is described as 5-foot-3, 100 […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Lieutenant James Gusman Phone: 961-2213 Report No. C15027498 Joseph Whitney   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 66-year-old Hilo man who was reported missing. Joseph Whitney was last seen in Hilo on September 1. He is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-6, 127 pounds with gray hair and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kaʻū District Officer Shawn Ibarra Phone: 939-2520 Report No. C15027077 Desma Aniban   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 42-year-old Honokaʻa woman who was reported missing. Desma Aniban, who frequents the Kaʻū area, was last seen in Ocean View on September 4. She is described as 5-foot-3, 130 pounds […]

  Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit Sergeant Bradley Freitas Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 229 Report No. C15027511   Media Release A 49-year-old man died Thursday (September 17) after being involved in a one-vehicle traffic collision on Waikoloa Road east of the two-mile marker in Waikoloa. He has been identified as Robert J. Cooley of Hilo. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15022978   Media Release (update) Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a robbery the afternoon of August 6 in the area of Keawe Street just south of Mamo Street in Hilo. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department| Kona Patrol Sergeant David Araki Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 296 Report No. C15027018 David Styopin   Media Release A Kona man was charged with burglary and related offenses after a family caught him at their home in Kailua-Kona. At 4 p.m. Sunday, a 57-year-old man returned to his house on Hoene Street and […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15024886 Ashley Grammer Media Release A Puna woman was sent to jail after being found operating a stolen truck. On August 25, a Toyota Tocoma pickup truck was taken from a parking lot on Old Volcano Road in Volcano. Police […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of September 7, 2015, through September 13, 2015, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 22 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes, and one was under the age of […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15026648 Isaac Rosa   Media Release A Puna man has been charged with burglary and drug offenses, and police are asking for the public’s help in identifying possible accomplices. On Thursday (September 10), a 57-year-old Hilo man reported that when […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Office of the Chief Harry S. Kubojiri Phone 961-2244   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety’s State […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C15026525 Lance Ulep   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a Hilo man who was arrested in connection with a robbery Wednesday at a store in Hilo. At 11:46 a.m. Wednesday (September 9), South Hilo Patrol officers responded to […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15024975 Sean Rutledge   Media Release A Puna man has been arrested and charged with murder on the strength of a grand jury indictment. Sean Alan Rutledge, who was in custody at Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center on an unrelated matter, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Vice Section, Area I Lieutenant Mark Farias Phone: 961-2253 Report No. C15020685 Michael Ruggles   Media Release A Puna man faces 31 charges after a narcotics search warrant was served on his Fern Acres property. At 10:55 a.m. Thursday (September 10), officers executed the search warrant at a home on Pikake Street. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2251 Report No. C15026626 Joshua Domen Bradley Burcena   Media Release Two men are in police custody for a robbery early Thursday (September 10) at a public park in Hilo. In response to a 1:20 a.m. call Thursday, a 20-year-old Hilo man reported […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15026260 William Carroll III Media Release (update No. 2) After conferring with prosecutors, Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a former Oahu man in connection with a spear that was stolen from the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo on Tuesday (September […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area II Lieutenant Gerald Wike Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266 Report No. C15026394   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a burglary Tuesday (September 8) at a clothing store in Kainaliu. At 2:23 a.m. Tuesday, Kona Patrol officers responded to Oshima Surf at 79- 7400 Māmalahoa Highway. Someone from […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Hawaiʻi Island Police Activities League South Hilo Community Police Officer Richard Itliong Phone:  961-8121   Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s HI-PAL program, will host the “Halloween Havoc #8” 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Panaʻewa. This two-day tournament will be held October 24-25, at the Panaʻewa covered courts at Panaʻewa Park in Hilo. […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15026648 This is similar to the 1992 Nissan Pathfinder used in a burglary Media Release (update with photo) Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a Thursday morning (September 10) burglary in Hilo. Shortly before 9 a.m., a black 1992 Nissan Pathfinder […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15026648   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a Thursday morning (September 10) burglary in Hilo. Shortly before 9 a.m., a black 1992 Nissan Pathfinder was used in a burglary on Amaulu Road in the Wainaku area. A half-hour […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C15026260   Media Release (update No. 2) Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a former Oahu man in connection with a spear that was stolen from the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo on Tuesday (September 8). William Roy Carroll, 31, who […]