Author Archives: Kayli Carr

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentHamakua Patrol, Area ISchool Resource Officer Blake RagocosPhone: (808) 775-7533 Media Release The Honoka’a Intermediate School HI-PAL 5 on 5 Basketball Intramurals Tournament concluded May 6, 2024 with the home team taking first place with a 21-19 win over the guest team.  The tournament, which started in September 2023, was organized by School […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II/Kona PatrolLieutenant Erich JacksonPhone: (808) 326-4646Report No.: 24-012483 Media Release An 18-year old male student was arrested at a local high school following a report of an unknown-type disturbance on campus.  On May 7, 2024 at approximately 11:14 a.m., officers were assigned to an affray-type call on a high school campus in […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-042127 Media Release A 78-year-old Papaikou man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The incident took place on Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190) near the 31.5-mile marker which is located in the North Kona, Hawaii. The 78-year-old passenger […]

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) 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 […]

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 […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-039998 Media Release On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, members of the Hawai’i Police Department’s Area I Vice Section arrested 45-year-old Shaun J. Coffer, of Mountain View, following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at his residence in the Hawaiian Acres Subdivision. During […]

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin T. MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national event next week. Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition of officers who have […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOfficer Corey KanekoArea I Juvenile Aid Section (JAS)Phone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 23-071929, 23-115967, 23-118141, 24-022087, 24-024749, and 24-024787 Media Release Hawai’i Island Police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating four male and two female juvenile runaways. Police ask anyone who may have any information on their whereabouts to contact […]

Hawaii Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawai’i Island police report that two individuals who were previously wanted for outstanding bench warrants and also for questioning in other criminal investigations have been located. The individuals are identified as 20-year-old Matthew Koi of Naalehu and 27-year-old Junson Heckerz of Ocean […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ICaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 23-120657 Media Release Hawai’i Island police detectives continue to investigate a December 2023 homicide that left 39-year-old Dingie Anthony Dean Martin, of Mountain View, dead.  On December 23, 2023, shortly after 2:15 p.m., Puna Patrol officers responded to a residence on the […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-037671 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have identified the human remains that were discovered on April 23, 2024, on a property located in the Hawai’i Ocean View Estate subdivision, as 39-year-old Anthony Theodore Wagoner whose last known address was in Duluth, Minnesota. On […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Laura TorresPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-039959 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old Sheri Jo Bowers of Kailua-Kona, who has been reported as missing. Bowers was last seen in mid-April 2024 at a residence in Kailua-Kona area but wasn’t reported as missing until recently. […]

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) 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 […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community PolicingCommunity Policing Officer Leonard WarrenPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Officers would like to congratulate all the participants of the Hawai‘i Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) 2nd Annual Outrigger Youth Canoe Regatta. The event was held at the Kailua Pier on Saturday, March 30, […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police report that 42-year-old Jordan Blevins of Ocean View, who had been previously wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and also for questioning in a separate criminal investigation, was arrested in the District of Ka’u on Friday, April 26, 2024 […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement Unit – Area ISergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-038312 Media Release A Volcano man has passed away following a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision that occurred on Thursday, April 25, 2024, on Highway 11 at the Alii Koa Street intersection in Volcano. Officers responding to the 12:25 p.m. call, learned that a […]

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: 808-887-3080Report No. 24-038012 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are investigating a traffic crash that lead to the closure of Akoni Pule Highway for three hours near Kawaihae Harbor on Wednesday, April 24. Responding to a 2:30 p.m. call, police determined that a 2001 Peterbilt dump truck was […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawai’i Island police is requesting the public’s assistance in locating an Ocean View man who is wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and also for questioning for a separate criminal investigation.  The male is identified as 42-year old Jordan Blevins. Blevins is […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-034849 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have opened up a coroner’s inquest and assault investigation following an assault and the subsequent death of 60-year old Abel Abrojina of Ocean View that occurred in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estate Subdivision on Sunday, April 14, […]

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Report No.: 24-037671 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an unattended death investigation after human remains were discovered on a property located in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision. On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 shortly before 12:40 p.m., detectives assigned to the Area […]

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Brian MarkhamPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-037880 Media Release Hawai’i Island police report that 80-year-old Robert Mellard, who was previously reported as an endangered missing person, was located in Hilo on Tuesday, April 24, 2024 at 9:45 a.m. in good health.

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Brian MarkhamPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-037880 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 80-year-old Robert Mellard of Hilo who has been reported as missing. He was last seen on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 11:30 p.m. at the 900 block of West Kawailani Street […]

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 15, 2024, through April 21, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-five (25) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Nine of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident.  One driver was under the age of 21. […]