June 2024

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary O. FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-056472 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a homicide investigation following the discovery of a 71-year-old woman found dead in her Hawaiian Acres home late last...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of June 17, through June 23, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Keao EggersPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-058827 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Shaiana Tavares-Unea, who was reported as a runaway. Tavares-Unea was last seen on Maikalani...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No.: 24-058892 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have launched a negligent homicide investigation after a 21-year-old Kailua-Kona man died in a two-vehicle collision in North Kona early Friday morning,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOfficer Corey KanekoArea I Juvenile Aid SectionPhone: (808) 961-8843Report Nos.: 24-024787, 24-046584, and 24-047048 Cherish Ahulau-Kaleo Mary Costner Chael Akau Media Release Hawai’i Island Police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating two female and...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOfficer Corey M. KanekoArea I Juvenile Aid Section Phone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-007252 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police ask for the public’s assistance with locating 18-year-old, Kainalu Kawaakoa Bergau, who was initially reported as a runaway and has...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) officers, working in collaboration with volunteer medicinal cannabis patients, recently conducted training in detecting and addressing cannabis-impaired driving as part of the first-ever...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictSergeant Bradden KimuraPhone: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-057823 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police launched a public accident investigation on Monday afternoon, June 24, 2024, in connection with a possible shark attack at Anaeho‘omalu Bay in Waikoloa.  Around...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionActing Detective/K-9 Handler Corey M. KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-033239 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 17-year-old Abbe Martin, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Puna on Monday evening,...