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February 2024

2-29-24 Police Seeking Endangered Runaway Herman Kirklin

February 29, 2024

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...

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

February 29, 2024

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...

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

February 29, 2024

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,...

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2-29-24 Police Seeking Suspects in Kona Robbery

February 29, 2024

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...

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

February 29, 2024

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...

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

February 29, 2024

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...

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2-28-24 DUI Stats

February 28, 2024

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...

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

February 28, 2024

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...

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Unsolved Homicides

Hawaiʻi Police Department believes every victim deserves justice, and that the deceased victim’s family, friends, and community deserve closure.

Please take a moment to review the Unsolved Homicides summaries and if you have any information pertaining to any of these cases, please submit a tip, email us or call our Unsolved Homicides Division at (808) 961-2380 or Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300. Thank you for your help!

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