Author Archives: Denise Laitinen

3-14-24 (Update) Runaway Aiden Becker Located, Runs Away Again

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-014628 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Aiden Gauge Becker, who was reported as a runaway. Becker, who had previously been reported as a runaway, was located in Puna on Friday, February 12, 2024, […]

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3-14-24 Police Seek Suspect in Kona Vehicle Vandalism Incident

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No.: 24-017419 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance for information regarding a vandalism incident in which two vehicles were damaged on the evening of Monday, February 19, 2024, in a public parking lot in Kailua-Kona. On Wednesday, February 21, a 43-year-old […]

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3-14-2024 (Update) Two Runaways Located in Hilo

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report Numbers: 24-007971 and 24-018245 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that two teenagers, who were each previously reported as runaways, were located in Hilo in separate incidents on Wednesday evening, March 13, 2024. They were both found in good health.

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3-14-24 (Update) Police Arrest Suspect in Waikoloa Village Burglaries 

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080Report Numbers: 24-021745 and 24-022292 Media Release (Update #2) On Wednesday evening, March 13, 2024, South Kohala patrol officers arrested 23-year-old Tyson Stephens in Waikoloa in connection with their investigation into a Waikoloa Village burglary and unauthorized entry to a dwelling. Stephens is also a person […]

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3-13-24 (Update) Missing Hilo Woman Kyla Miyasato Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolCaptain Brian PrudencioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No. 24-024288 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 24-year-old Kyla Miyasato of Hilo , who was previously reported as a missing person, was located in Hilo on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in good health.

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3-13-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 4, through March 10, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age […]

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3-13-24 (Update) Police Renew Request for Information Regarding Suspect in Waikoloa Village Burglaries

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080Report Numbers: 24-021745 and 24-022292 Media Release (Update #1) Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for information in locating 23-year-old Tyson Stephens, who is a suspect in a Waikoloa Village burglary and an unauthorized entry of a dwelling investigation. Stephens is also a person of […]

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3-12-24 Police Seeking Missing Hilo Woman Kyla Miyasato

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Alexis Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-024288 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 24-year-old Kyla Miyasato of Hilo, who was reported missing. Miyasato was last seen on Monday, March 11, 2024, at 8 p.m. on East Kawili Street in Hilo wearing a gray-colored sweater and […]

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3-12-24 Hilo Man Arrested Following Traffic Collision on Wainaku Bridge

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolCaptain Brian PrudencioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-023992 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 27-year-old Hilo man as part of their investigation of a traffic collision that occurred on the Wainaku Street bridge in Hilo just after midnight on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Responding to a report of a single-vehicle […]

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3-12-24 Police Arrest and Charge Two Suspects With Drug, Firearms, and Property Crimes

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-022580 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 31-year-old Michael Kamahele of Hilo, and 27-year-old Jessinie Akui of Volcano, with an array of theft, firearms, and drug offenses following a burglary in the Hawaiian Paradise Park (HPP) subdivision in Kea‘au on the […]

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3-12-24 Police Arrest And Charge Hilo Man For Auto Theft

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-023148 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 23-year-old Dylan Riley Balangatan of Hilo with auto theft and theft after a company van was reported stolen from a Hilo business on Saturday, March 9, 2024. About 11:26 a.m., an employee of a […]

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3-12-24 Aloha Exchange Club Honors 2023 Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year

Hawaiʻi Police Department                                               Office of the ChiefChief Benjamin Moszkowicz                                                        Phone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Puna Patrol Officer Chance Lunsford as 2023 Officer of the Year and Hawai‘i Fire Department Firefighter Anson Arakaki as Firefighter of the Year during a ceremony on Saturday, March 9, 2024, in […]

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3-11-24 Nā‘ālehu Man Arrested for Touching a 14-year-old Girl While on Honolulu-Bound Flight

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-022918 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested 49-year-old Shane Curry Bloking, of Nā‘ālehu, with fourth-degree sexual assault following an incident that occurred on Friday evening, March 8, 2024, on board an airline flight bound for Honolulu, from Hilo International Airport. As the […]

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3-11-24 Public Invited to Coffee With a Cop in Waimea March 15

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080 Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for Coffee with a Cop on Friday, March 15, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at McDonalds  in Waimea, 67-1154 Māmalahoa Highway. Come share your thoughts, ideas, and concerns, […]

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3-08-24 Puna Man Charged With Domestic Related Offenses

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-022313 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 34-year-old Daniel Raymond Ulrich, of Orchidland, with domestic violence-related offenses following an incident at an address on Silveroak Drive, on Thursday morning, March 7, 2024.  At 5:39 a.m., Puna patrol officers responded […]

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3-08-24 (Update) Runaway Herman Kirklin Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer / K9 Handler Corey M. KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-020141 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 12-year-old Herman Kirklin, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Pāhoa on Thursday evening, March 7, 2024, in good health.

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3-08-24 (Update) Police Identify Individuals Previously Wanted for Questioning

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 23-121614 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the two men captured on video surveillance exiting a business on Maka‘ala Street in Hilo, in December 2023. The men were wanted for questioning relative to a reported sexual assault investigation.  Police were able […]

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3-08-24 Three Officers Honored by Kona Crime Prevention Committee

Hawaii Police DepartmentKona Community PolicingSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253 Media Release Three Hawai‘i Police Department officers were honored for their passionate investigations and professionalism by the Kona Crime Prevention Committee (KCPC) in the first quarter of 2024. Officer Elijah Won was honored as Officer of the Month for January 2024, Officer Kyung Yu […]

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3-08-24 Police Ask for Public’s Assistance Locating Runaway Saysha Kaholo-Hiapo

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer / K9 Handler Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-008620 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Saysha Kaholo-Hiapo, who was reported as a runaway. She was last seen on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 11:25 p.m., in the Hilo area wearing […]

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3-08-24 Public Invited to Kona Coffee With a Cop Events in March

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend four Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district police officers. These popular events are intentionally informal with no agenda. Topics of conversation can […]

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3-07-24 Hilo Man Charged with Sex Assault of a Minor and Other Domestic-Related Felonies

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-021191 Media Release   Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 38-year-old Adonis Benjamin Imaikalani Higa with sexual assault and an array of domestic violence related offenses following an incident reported on Sunday evening, March 3, 2024, in Pāhoa. Shortly before 8:00 […]

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3-07-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 26, through March 3, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 15 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age […]

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3-07-24 Ka‘ū Man Arrested and Charged for Domestic Dispute Involving Grandparents

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKa‘ū PatrolActing Captain Pernell HanoaPhone: (808) 939-2520Report No.: 24-021771 Media Release A 26-year-old Pāhala man was arrested and charged for felony abuse and terroristic threatening after Hawai‘i Island police responded to a domestic incident at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. While Ka‘ū patrol officers were en route to the reported domestic […]

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3-06-24 Police Seeking Suspect in Waikoloa Village Burglary  

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolOfficer Justin UrestiPhone: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-021745 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 23-year-old Tyson Stephens, who is a suspect in a Waikoloa Village burglary and is also a person of interest in two additional burglaries and two trespassing investigations in the same area. […]

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3-06-24 Police Receive Donation of Certified Agricultural Produce Scales to Combat Ag Theft

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Community Policing SectionCommunity Policing Lieutenant William DerrPhone: (808) 961-8849 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s (HPD) Community Policing Section extends a heartfelt mahalo to Hawai‘i County Councilwomen Heather Kimball, Cynthia Evans, and Michelle Galimba for their generous donation of three certified agricultural produce scales to help officers combat agricultural theft. Each portable scale […]

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3-06-24 Teens Encouraged to Participate in Kona HI-PAL Canoe Regatta

Hawai’i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionCommunity Policing Officer Leonard WarrenPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section in collaboration with the Hawai‘i Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) is teaming up with Kai’ Opua Canoe Club and Kai ‘Ehitu Canoe Club for the second annual HI-PAL Outrigger Canoe Regatta on […]

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3-05-24 Police Renew Request for Information on Kona Robbery Suspects

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-019261 Media Release Detectives with Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area II Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) are renewing their request asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects involved in an early morning robbery in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. At 4:25 a.m., […]

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3-04-24 (Update) Three Runaways Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Matthew LewisPhone: (808) 965-2716Report Numbers: 23-085216, 24-016956, 24-013319 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that three teenagers, who were each previously reported as runaways, were all located on Thursday, February 29, 2024. All three were found in good health.

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3-01-24 Police Ask for Public’s Assistance Locating Runaway Cherish Ahulau-Kaleo

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer / K9 Handler Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report Numbers: 24-018105 and 24-018245 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Cherish Ahulau-Kaleo, who was reported as a runaway. She had previously been reported as a runaway and was located in Puna on Friday, […]

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3-01-24 (Update) No Foul Play Suspected in Hawaiian Paradise Park Drowning 

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-016422 Media Release (Update #3) Hawai‘i Island police detectives have conclusively ruled out foul play in the February 18, 2024, death of 29-year-old Kala’iokealaula Ashley Nicole Reyes Kanekoa of Kea‘au. Kanekoa had reportedly fallen off the sea cliff, into the ocean and later […]

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3-01-24 Police Seeking Missing Kona Man Daniel Immonen

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No. 24-019030 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 40-year-old Daniel Immonen of Kailua-Kona, who was recently reported missing by family on the mainland. Immonen was last believed to be in the Kailua-Kona area, in April 2023. He is described as Caucasian […]

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2-29-24 Police Seeking Endangered Runaway Herman Kirklin

Hawaii Police DepartmentPuna PatrolCaptain Todd PatarayPhone: (808) 965-2718Report No. 24-020141 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking 12-year-old Herman Kirklin of Mountain View, who was reported as a runaway on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Due to his age, he is considered endangered. He was last seen on the evening of Monday, February 26, on Lehua […]

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2-29-24 Kea‘au Man Arrested and Charged With Terroristic Threatening

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-018814 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 31-year-old Dylan Jessen Gapp, of Kea‘au, following an altercation in the Hawaiian Paradise Park (HPP) subdivision, on Sunday evening, February 25, 2024. On Monday, February 26, at 8:00 p.m., after conferring with the […]

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2-29-24 Nevada Woman Arrested and Charged for Abuse and Escape Following Hāmākua Incident

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHāmākua DistrictCaptain Reynold KahalewaiPhone: (808) 775-7533Report No.: 24-019824 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 26-year-old Nevada woman with a variety of offenses following a series of events that started with a domestic incident in Kukuihaele on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Following the domestic incident, the woman continued to act in […]

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2-29-2024 (Update) Runaway Kiana Gilliland Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer / K9 Handler Corey M. KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-009583 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 17-year-old Kiana Gilliland, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Volcano on Monday, February 26, 2024, in good health.

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2-29-24 Police Seeking Suspects in Kona Robbery

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-019261  Media Release Detectives with Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area II Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects involved in an early morning robbery in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. At 4:25 a.m., Kona patrol officers […]

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2-29-24 Puna Man Charged with Felonies Relating to Domestic Incident

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-019142 Media Release Detectives with Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area I Juvenile Aid Section arrested and charged 31-year-old Jesse Franklin Gonsalves Canizo with felony abuse of a family household member following an incident in Pāhoa on Monday afternoon, February 26, 2024. At 5:17 p.m., […]

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2-29-24 Missing Elderly Hilo Man Tetsuya Yamada Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Patrol  Captain Brian PrudencioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-019829 Media Release On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, shortly after 4:00 p.m., Hawai‘i Island police responded to a report of an elderly missing man who was last seen in the area of the 800 block of Ainalako Road in Hilo. It was determined that 87-year-old […]

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2-28-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 19, through February 25, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Five of the drivers were under the age […]

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2-28-24 Police Arrest and Charge Hilo Man in Connection with Two Kona Robberies

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 266Report No.: 24-019018  Media Release            Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 29-year-old Marty Pangelinan, of Hilo, with various offenses related to two robberies in Kailua-Kona on Monday, February 26, 2024.   At 11:50 a.m. on Monday, the 44-year-old female manager of a gas station […]

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2-27-24 California Woman Dies in Head-on Crash in Honomū

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2391Report No.: 24-019153 Media Release Two men were critically injured and one woman died following a two-vehicle traffic collision in Honomū on Māmalahoa Highway, (Highway 19), early Monday evening, February 26, 2024. Responding to the 6:07 p.m. call, police learned that a 2019 Ford pickup […]

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2-26-2024 Police Arrest And Charge Hilo Man in Auto Theft Investigation

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No. 24-018454 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 18-year-old Russel Britos, of Hilo, with various offenses related to a Hilo auto theft.    The charges against Britos stem from an incident on Saturday, February 24, 2024, just after 1:00 p.m., in […]

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2-26-24 Kailua-Kona Man Arrested and Charged After Eight-Vehicle Collision in Captain Cook

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No.: 24-018053 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 35-year-old Kevin Bell of Kailua-Kona with numerous offenses following an eight-vehicle collision in Captain Cook, on Friday morning, February 23, 2024. At 10:38 a.m., police dispatch received numerous reports of a red pick-up truck […]

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2-26-24 (Update) Police Detectives Continue Hawaiian Paradise Park Drowning Investigation 

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-016422 Media Release (Update #2) Hawai‘i Island police detectives continue to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding the February 18, 2024, death of a 29-year-old Kea’au woman, identified as Kala’iokealaula Ashley Nicole Reyes Kanekoa. There has recently been an influx of information being spread […]

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2-26-24 Hilo Man Arrested and Charged for Child Sex Solicitation as Part of Operation Keiki Shield

Hawai‘i police Department Area I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-018504 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 42-year-old Hilo man for child sex solicitation as part of a multi-agency undercover operation designed to identify and arrest individuals using the internet to facilitate sexual crimes against children. Between Friday, […]

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2-25-24 Kailua-Kona Man Dies in Head-on Crash in Honaunau

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No.: 24-018772 Media Release An 18-year-old Honaunau man has been arrested for negligent homicide after a head-on crash Sunday afternoon, February 25, 2024, in Honaunau left a 49-year-old Kailua-Kona man dead. At 2:13 p.m., police responded to a traffic collision involving two […]

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2-23-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 12, through February 18, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 15 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age […]

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2-22-24 California Man Charged with Burglary and Domestic Related Offenses

Area I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-016970 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 43-year-old Jerry Rosales, of Carson, California, with first-degree burglary and domestic related offenses following an incident in Hilo, on Tuesday morning, February 20, 2024. At 5:28 a.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a domestic incident […]

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2-22-24 (Update) Missing Endangered Man Jordan Paris Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolActing Sergeant Daniel K. TamPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.: 24-017588 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department reports that 32-year-old Jordan Paris, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Pāhoa on Thursday, February 22, 2024, in good health. 

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2-22-24 Police Respond to Report of Unexploded Ordnance in South Kohala

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080Report No.:  24-017678 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are reminding the public about steps to take when they encounter unexploded ordnance (UXO) after responding to a call of possible UXO discovered off of  Waikoloa Road Thursday morning, February 22, 2024. South Kohala patrol officers responding to […]

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2-22-24 Police Seeking Missing Endangered Kea‘au Man Jordan Paris

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Heiarii Lee Chip SaoPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.: 24-017588 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 32-year-old Jordan Paris, of Kea‘au, who was reported missing. He was last seen walking on Paradise Drive in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Kea‘au, on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at […]

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2-21-24 Police Investigating Possible Drowning of New York Visitor in South Kohala

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictSergeant Keith NacisPhone: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-017341 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 46-year-old woman visiting from New York that occurred in South Kohala on Wednesday morning, February 21, 2024. The woman has been positively identified as Elizabeth L. Grace, of Loudonville, New York.   […]

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2-21-24 (Update) Missing Kona Man Keona Taniguchi Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 23-076935 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 19-year old Keona Taniguchi of Kona, who was previously reported missing on August 11, 2023, was located in good health on Friday, February 2, 2024, in Kea‘au.

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2-21-24 (Update) Police Identify Kea‘au Drowning Victim

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigations SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-016422 Media Release (Update #1) Hawai‘i Island police have identified the woman who drowned early Sunday morning after reportedly falling into the ocean along the shoreline cliffs in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Kea‘au as 29-year-old Kala‘iokealaula Ashley Nicole Reyes Kanekoa of […]

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2-21-24 Police Seeking Runaway John Peneku

Hawai‘i Police Department Hilo PatrolOfficer Danton ZimmermanPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-016019 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old John Peneku who was reported as a runaway. Peneku was last seen on Poouli Road in Kurtistown on Friday, February 16, 2024, at 12:00 a.m. He is described as local […]

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2-20-24 Police Arrest and Charge Smoke Shop Owner with Drug Offenses

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 23-096049 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police, in partnership with the State Narcotics Enforcement Division, have arrested and charged a 35-year-old Hilo man with various drug-related offenses. At 2:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, February 15, 2024, Area I Vice Section officers, along with agents […]

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2-20-24 Police Seeking Runaway Kaleikaumaka Hanuna-Shook

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Taylor CruzPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No. 24-016956 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Kaleikaumaka Hanuna-Shook of Kea‘au, who was reported as a runaway. She was last seen at 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 in Kea‘au wearing a black jacket and red shorts. Hanuna-Shook […]

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2-20-24 (Update) Autopsy Results For Man’s Body Located in Hilo Harbor

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013494 Media Release Autopsy results for an elderly Hilo man whose body was found in Hilo Harbor earlier this month indicate that his death was the result of a probable drowning. Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on February 9, 2024, Hilo patrol officers and […]

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2-18-24 Police Investigating Possible Drowning in Kea‘au

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolCaptain Todd PatarayPhone: (808) 965-2718Report No.: 24-016422 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 29-year-old woman from Kea‘au that occurred early Sunday morning, February 18, 2024, off the shoreline cliffs near Paradise Drive and Beach Road in Kea‘au. At 1:59 a.m., Puna patrol officers, along with Hawai‘i […]

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2-15-24 Police Ask Public’s Assistance Locating Runaway Kaimana Mata-Keoluhoa

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-007971 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Kaimana Mata-Keohuloa, who was reported as a runaway. Mata-Keohuloa was last seen on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in the Hilo area wearing a white headband, […]

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2-15-24 Kea‘au Woman Charged for Domestic Related Offenses Involving Her Two Children

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-014502 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Holly Kaleki White, of Kea‘au, with domestic related offenses following an incident in Pāpa‘ikou on Monday morning, February 12, 2024. At 10:36 a.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a welfare check call […]

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2-15-24 Police Checking Child Safety Seats in Hilo This Saturday

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release As part of Hawai‘i Police Department’s (HPD) ongoing efforts to ensure keiki safety on our island roads, HPD will conduct a combined DUI check point / child safety seat inspection clinic on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. […]

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2-14-24 (Update) Missing Kealakekua Man Roger Tolar  Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No.: 24-014522 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 53-year-old Roger Tolar of Kealakekua, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Kailua-Kona on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, in good health. The Hawai‘i Police Department would like to thank the public for their assistance […]

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2-13-24 Police Receive Tommy Liftgate Donations

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Community Policing SectionCommunity Policing Lieutenant William DerrPhone: (808) 961-8849 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Community Policing Section extends a heartfelt mahalo to the non-profit organization Vibrant Hawai‘i, for their recent donation of two Tommy liftgates, one in Hilo and one in Kona. The liftgates, valued at $15,000, will enhance the Community Policing […]

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2-13-24 Police Arrest and Charge Hilo Man with Property Offenses

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Amy OmayaPhone: (808) 961-2381Report No.: 23-120593 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Keoni Brian Paulino of Hilo with various offenses after investigating a reported mail theft in November 2023. The charges stem from a report of mail stolen from a mailbox, including the victim’s […]

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2-13-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of February 5, through February 11, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 26 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age […]

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2-12-24 Police Seeking Missing Kealakekua Man Roger Tolar  

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No.: 24-014522 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 53-year-old Roger Tolar of Kealakekua who was reported missing on Tuesday, February 12, 2024. Tolar was last seen in the 79-7400 block of Māmalahoa Highway in Kealakekua on Friday, February 9, […]

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2-12-24 Fentanyl Arrests and Recovery Stats for Jan. 2024

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin T. MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2344 Media Release As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawai‘i County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the preceding month. During the […]

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2-12-24 (Update) Missing Woman Deirdre Ichimura Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013986 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 51-year-old Deidre Ichimura of Hilo, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Hilo on Monday morning, February 12, 2024, in good health. The Hawai‘i Police Department thanks the public for their assistance in […]

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2-12-24 (Update) Runaway Kingston Rikar Located, Runs Away Again Same Day

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Christopher FukumotoPhone: (808) 965-2716Report Nos: 24-010192 & 24-013319 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 15-year-old Kingston Rikar, who was reported as a runaway on January 30, 2024, (report #: 24-010192), was located in Pāhoa, on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in good health. However, he subsequently ran away again later the […]

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2-11-24 Police Seeking Missing Woman Deirdre Ichimura

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Alexis Amon-Wilkins  Phone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-013986 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 51-year-old Deirdre Ichimura of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was last seen in the 100 block of Apoke Street in Hilo on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Ichimura is Asian with […]

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2-09-24 Police Seeking Two Female West Hawai‘i Runaways

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolLieutenant Jerome A. ManuelPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No. 24-013597 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two female runaways from the same household in Kona, 13-year-old Zerri Mendiola and 16-year Ella Ishoda. Due to Mendiola’s age, she is considered endangered.  Both were last seen at their […]

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2-09-24 Public Invited to Kona Coffee With a Cop Events in February

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend three Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district police officers. These popular events are intentionally informal with no agenda. Topics of conversation can […]

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2-09-24 Police Renew Request for Information Regarding 1987 Unsolved Homicide

Hawai‘i Police Department                              Area I Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Derek MorimotoPhone: (808) 961-2380Report No. C-60060 Media Release Based on new information regarding an unsolved homicide from 1987, Hawai’i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance regarding the murder of Lynn Ebisuzaki in Hilo. On May 1, 1987, at 10:00 p.m., Hilo patrol officers responded […]

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2-09-24 Police Investigating After Body of Hilo Man Found in Hilo Harbor

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013494 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area I Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) is investigating the discovery of a man’s body found floating in Hilo Harbor on Friday morning, February 9, 2024. The man has since been positively identified as a 73-year-old Dennis William […]

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2-09-24 Police Co-Hosting Child Safety Seat Clinic in Kona

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department, in partnership with Kona Target, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, and other community organizations, will hold a free child safety seat clinic for families on Saturday, February 10, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Kona […]

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2-08-24 (Update) Missing Endangered Pāhoa Man Foster Baucom Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Edward PetriePhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.:  24-013236 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 71-year-old Foster Baucom, who was previously reported missing, was located in good health in Hilo on Thursday, February 8, 2024. The Hawaii Police Department would like to thank the public for their assistance in locating Baucom.  

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2-08-24 Police Ask Public’s Assistance Locating Missing Endangered Pāhoa Man Foster Baucom

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Edward PetriePhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.:  24-013236 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 71-year-old Foster Baucom of Pāhoa who was reported as missing. He is considered endangered due to his age and possible need for medications. Baucom was last seen on Thursday, February 8, 2024, […]

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2-08-24 Public Invited to Coffee With a Cop in Waimea

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080 Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for Coffee with a Cop on Friday, February 9, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at Burger King in Waimea, 67-1185 Māmalahoa Highway. Come share your thoughts, ideas, and […]

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2-08-24 (Update) Runaway Demarion Olloway Located

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Blane KenolioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-012026 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 17-year-old Demarion Olloway, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Kona on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in good health.

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2-08-24 Police Urge Motorists to Drive Sober This Super Bowl Sunday

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionProgram Manager Torey KeltnerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release With Super Bowl LVIII taking place on Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) has teamed up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to remind Big Island football fans that Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. Whether you’re hosting a […]

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2-07-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 29, through February 4, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age […]

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2-07-24 Police Seeking Two Male Runaways

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Blane KenolioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-012026 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two male runaways in east Hawaii, 16-year-old Kinser Rofes and 17-year-old Demarion Olloway. Both were last seen in the 1000 block of Leilani Street in Hilo on Sunday, February 4, 2024.  Rofes […]

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2-06-24 Hilo Man Arrested and Charged for Domestic Related Offenses

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-012085 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 60-year-old Vance Elroy Bond of Hilo with domestic related offenses following an incident in Hilo on Monday morning, February 5, 2024. At 7:50 a.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to an active domestic […]

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2-06-24 Police Seeking Missing California Man Chritoph Litschke

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan Kohara   Phone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-010156 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police, in collaboration with the Belmont Police Department in California, is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 44-year-old Chritoph Litschke of Belmont, California. He was last seen in Belmont, California, on June 19, 2023, and maybe on Hawai‘i […]

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2-05-24 Police Charge Mountain View Woman Following Warrant Arrest

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-011195 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged 36-year-old Florelynn Ito, of Mountain View, with attempted assault of a police officer and numerous drug offenses after an incident in Puna on Friday morning, February 2, 2024. At 10:40 a.m. on Friday, […]

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2-05-24 Police Ask Public’s Assistance Locating Runaway Alfred Andon

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 23-115967 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Alfred Andon, who was reported as a runaway in Hilo, on December 9, 2023. Later that same day Andon was located in good health. However, shortly after being […]

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2-05-24 HI-PAL Assists with Keiki Rodeo

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Community PolicingCommunity Policing Lieutenant William DerrPhone: (808) 961-8849 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Activities League (HI-PAL), congratulates the 250 keiki, age five to 17, who participated in the Hawaii Keiki Rodeo Association competition on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Pana‘ewa Equestrian Center. Organized by the Hawai‘i Keiki Rodeo Association, this event […]

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2-04-24 Police Seeking Driver in Fatal Pedestrian Hit and Run in Ka‘u

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No.: 24-011763 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are searching for the driver of an unknown vehicle involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run collision in Ka‘u early Sunday morning, February 4, 2024, in which a 25-year-old Kealakekua man died. The collision took place […]

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2-04-24 Police Charge Kona Man After Fentanyl Arrest at Airport

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentArea II Vice SectionLieutenant Edwin A. BuytenPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 226Report No.: 24-011258 Media Release A Kailua-Kona man was arrested and charged with drug and bail offenses after police intercepted him arriving at Kona International Airport at Keahole with more than 21 grams of suspected fentanyl on Friday afternoon, February 2, 2024. At […]

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2-02-24 Police Seeking Runaway Kiana Gilliland

Hawai’i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Blane KenolioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-009583        Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Kiana Gilliland who was reported as a runaway. She was last seen in the area of 1000 block of Leilani Street in Hilo on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at around 9:00 […]

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2-02-24 Police Arrest and Charge Pāhoa Man with Drug Offenses

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-010529 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged a 56-year-old Pāhoa man with various drug-related offenses.  On Wednesday afternoon, January 31, 2024, at 2:30 p.m., Area I vice officers arrested Pio Kapeli at the Mo‘oheau Bandstand in downtown Hilo. The arrest […]

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2-02-24 Police Seeking Runaway Aiden Becker

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Michael Matsumura            Phone: (808) 965-2716Report No.: 24-010629 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Aiden Becker who was reported as a runaway on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Becker was last seen in the 16-700 block of Kea‘au-Pāhoa Road near Kea‘au High School on Tuesday, […]

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2-02-24 Pāhoa Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on DKI Highway

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-011022 Media Release A 30-year-old Pāhoa man died following a single-vehicle collision on Daniel K. Inouye (DKI) Highway in Hilo that occurred late Thursday evening, February 1, 2024. Officers responding to the 11:10 p.m. traffic collision determined that a 2003 Toyota sedan traveling […]

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2-01-24 Police Renew Request for Public’s Assistance with Locating Two Runaways

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer / K-9 Handler Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report Nos.: 23-085216 and 23-103521 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating two female runaways in unrelated cases, 17-year-old Zoeylynn Puaoi-Pinheiro and 16-year-old Mary Costner. Puaoi-Pinheiro is known to frequent the Hilo area and […]

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2-01-24 Police Arrest Honoka‘a Man Wanted on Outstanding Warrants

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolSergeant Anson CaceresPhone: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-008308 Media Release Responding to a tip, officers from multiple units within Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD), including Area II Hawai‘i Island Criminal Investigation Section (CIS), Area II Traffic Enforcement Unit, and South Kohala patrol officers located and arrested 31-year-old Chace Gambill of Honoka‘a on Wednesday […]

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2-01-24 DUI Stats

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of January 22, through January 28, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 23 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under the age […]

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1-31-24 Runaway Kingston Rikar Located, Runs Away Again Same Day

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Michael Matsumura            Phone: (808) 965-2716Report Numbers: 24-008706 and 24-010192 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 15-year-old Kingston Rikar, who was reported as a runaway on Friday, January 26, 2024, (report # 24-008706), was located in Pāhoa on Monday, January 29, 2024, in good health. However, Rikar subsequently ran away the […]

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1-31-24 (Update) Missing Pāhoa Man Zackery Caruthers-Styhl Located

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-002431 Media Release      Hawai‘i Island police report that 30-year-old Zackery Caruthers-Styhl of Pāhoa, who was previously reported missing, was located in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in good health. The Hawai‘i Police Department thanks the public for their assistance in locating Caruthers-Styhl.   

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