2024

During the week of December 9, through December 15, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under...

Christmas came early this year for 50 west Hawai‘i keiki during this year’s Shop With a Cop event held Saturday morning, December 14, 2024, in Kona, as Hawai‘i Police Department teamed up with Catholic Charities, Kona Walmart, as well as...

Hawai’i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 36-year-old Sione Siupeli Siale, of Pāhoa, with terroristic threatening and firearms offenses, following a weapons incident in Pāhoa on Wednesday evening, December 11, 2024. Shortly after 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Puna patrol...

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Michael Anderson, of Puna, with numerous property and drug offenses in connection with a burglary incident on Tuesday morning, December 10, 2024, in the Hawaiian Beaches Subdivision of Pāhoa. Around 11:15 a.m....

Hawaii Police Department’s South Hilo Community Policing Section invites members of the public to join them for Coffee with a Cop on Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Big Island Coffee Roasters located at 76...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a structure fire that occurred Sunday morning, December 15, 2024, in Kealakekua. At about 8:26 a.m., Kona patrol officers responded to the 79-7300 block of Māmalahoa Highway in Kealakekua for a report of a structure...

Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating three male escapees from the Hawai’i Community Correctional Center Hale Nani Facility located at 3200 Kanoelehua Avenue, in Hilo, around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024.     The escapees...

West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend four Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district police officers. These popular events are intentionally informal with no agenda. Topics of conversation...

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance identifying a man who is a person of interest in a theft that took place at a residence in Pāhoa in October. On October 23, 2024, an unidentified man was observed on...