2024

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department, in collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will launch its annual Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign Monday, May 20, 2024, through Sunday,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Chuck CobilePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-047048 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Chael AKU, who is reported as a runaway. The teen was last seen on...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305May 19, 2024 Media Release During the week of May 13, 2024, through May 19, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested nineteen (19) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant....

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-045936 Lehualani K. Kaleiwahea Isaac Dylan H. Ragasa-Kaleiwahea Domonick Uchima Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police arrested a woman and two men in connection with illegal cockfighting in the...

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Trenton AurelloPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.: 24-046694  Media Release Hawaiʻi Island Police are searching for 38-year-old Ashley Kuregian. She was last seen at a residence on 15th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision the evening of...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Kaeo EggersPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-046584 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Mary Costner, who is reported as a runaway. The teen was last seen on foot near...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Rommel ConstantinoPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-046843 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 35-year-old Helen “Lena” Jones of Pahoa who was reported as missing. Helen “Lena” Jones is described as...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-045278 (UPDATE) Media Release A 59-year-old Ocean View man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The incident took place at the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation Section Lieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, ext. 266Report No.: 24-045870 Auston Aini Rodney Kahele Jr. Media Release On May 19, 2024, 39-year-old Auston Aini, of Kailua-Kona, was charged for several offenses including: Robbery in...