June 2024

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Keison TAMURAPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-050937 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Shaicen Lewis-Benevides who was reported as a runaway. Lewis-Benevides was last seen on Railroad Avenue...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section-Area IDetective Christopher JelsmaPhone: (808) 961-2386Report No.: 24-040786 Media Release On May 3, 2024, at about 3:12 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a business establishment located on the 500 block of West Kawailani Street,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigations SectionDetective Amy OmayaPhone: (808) 961-2381Report No.: 24-013104 Joseph K. Medeiros-Aildon January R. Andres Frances A. Matias Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged three individuals with various financial crime offenses stemming from...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-051138 Media Release A 27-year-old Waikoloa man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The incident took place near the 5-mile marker on...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-050314 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 40-year-old Kea’au man with two drug offenses after responding to a report of a male party brandishing a...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentAdministrative Services BureauSergeant Jason GrounsPhone: (808) 961-2269 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department would like to inform the public of a multi-agency training scenario that will take place on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, on the Waiākea High School...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of May 20, through May 26, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 20 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz has announced three promotions, one officer from Captain to Major, and two officers from the rank of Lieutenant to Captain, effective May 16, 2024....