Author Archives: Van Reyes

Hawaiʻi Police Department Kona Patrol Captain Randal Ishii Phone: 326-4646, Ext 299 Media Release The phone system is down at the Kealakehe police station in Kealakehe. Anyone who requires emergency police assistance is advised to call 9-1-1. For non-emergency police services, please call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or report to the nearest […]

Hawai’i Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C09019194   Media Release Police are seeking a 54 year-old Mt. View woman who is wanted for a 2009 murder in Puna. Patricia Wong also known as Patricia Hanoa was indicted by a grand jury for second degree murder. The […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of May 2, 2016, through May 8, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested twenty-three motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One of the drivers were under the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of April 4, 2016, through April 10, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested twelve motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in traffic crash. So far this year, there have been […]

Hawaii Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit, Area I Sergeant Christopher Gali Phone: 961-2332 Report No. C16009870 April 10, 2016 Media Release (update)   Police have identified the 22-year-old Pahoa woman who was killed Saturday (April 9) from injuries she sustained in a one-vehicle crash on Nanawale Boulevard. The victim was identified as Shyla N. Medeiros-Dutton, […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C1600896     Solomon Kepano   Media Release Update Hawai’i Island Police have charged a 30 year-old Hilo man with several offenses in connection with a theft of a tractor and trailer from a local business on Maka’ala Street last […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of March 28, 2016, through April 3, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested fourteen motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. One of the drivers was under the […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Gregory Esteban Phone: 961-2252 Report No. C16008525   Media Release (update) An autopsy conducted on the body of a shooting victim determined that the fatal injury was self-inflicted. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section were informed by the medical examiner that the autopsy determined […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna District Lieutenant Reed Mahuna Phone:  965-2716 Report No. C16008768   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a robbery early Tuesday (March 29) in Puna. A 28-year-old Pāhoa man reported that he was robbed around 3:50 a.m. while he was hitchhiking on Highway 130 in the area of Kaloli Drive. Following […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department South Hilo Patrol Captain Richard Sherlock Phone: 961-2214 Report No. C16008805   Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a property damage complaint at one of the astronomy facilities on the summit of Mauna Kea on Tuesday morning (March 29). Officers responded to a 9:30 a.m. report of a traffic accident involving […]

Hawaiʻi Police Department Traffic Services Section Sergeant Robert Pauole Phone: 961-2305   Media Release During the week of March 21, 2016, through March 27, 2016, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested 24 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. Three was under the age of 21. […]