Month: September 2025

The Hawai‘i Police Department held a private memorial service on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, at the Police Memorial Wall in Hilo to honor the life and service of K9 Archer, a valued member of the department’s Vice Section. The ceremony…

Hawai‘i Island police report that 91-year-old Mary Junk, who was reported missing earlier today, was located in Hilo this afternoon in good health. Police thank the community for their assistance.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 91-year-old Mary Junk, who was reported missing. She is considered endangered due to her age and that she may need medical assistance. Junk was last contacted on the morning…

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a traffic crash involving a County of Hawai‘i Hele-On bus that occurred early Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, 2025, along Māmalahoa Highway, (Highway 19), in Laupāhoehoe that sent 22 people to the hospital. At 4:56 a.m.,…

Wednesday, Oct. 1, is National Coffee With a Cop Day, and Hawai‘i Police Department invites the public to participate in five free events in Waimea, Honoka‘a, Kea‘au, Pāhoa, and Keauhou to get to know their community policing officers over a…

Hawai‘i Island police have reclassified an investigation from negligent injury to negligent homicide following the death of a male pedestrian involved in a traffic collision in Hilo, on Saturday evening, August 2, 2025. At 10:04 p.m., police responded to a…

Noa Lolohea Kennedy Miyasato Hawai’i Island Police have charged two individuals with an array of offenses following the execution of a search warrant at a residence on the 15-1500 block of 29th Avenue in Hawaiian Paradise Park, on Wednesday morning,…

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged a Kamuela man with numerous drug offenses following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at his residence in Kamuela at 9:10 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2025.  Vice officers arrested 46-year-old Joel…

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation after a Konawaena High School student allegedly threatened to shoot three fellow students on campus. On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 5:29 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to Konawaena High…