Year: 2025

Hawai‘i Island police detectives have charged 42-year-old Patricia Ann McConnell, of Pāhoa, with murder following a reported domestic dispute in Nānāwale, late Thursday night, April 24, 2025. On Friday evening, April 25, upon conferring with the Hawai‘i County Prosecuting Attorney’s…

Hawai‘i Police Department is investigating a single-vehicle traffic collision in North Kona, north of Pu‘uanahulu, that left a 75-year-old Kailua-Kona man in critical condition. Responding to a call at 1:19 a.m., officers determined that a gray 2009 Nissan Frontier pickup…

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a murder investigation following a reported domestic dispute in Nānāwale late Thursday night, April 24, 2025. At 11:25 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a residence on Lehua Road in the Nānāwale Estates subdivision in…

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two male teens from Puna, who were reported as runaways in the same incident. Both runaways were last seen on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 12:20 p.m. on Kea‘au-Pāhoa…

During the week of April 14 through April 20, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was under…

For his meticulous investigative skills connecting three suspects to multiple crimes, South Kohala District Officer Landon Takenishi was recognized as Officer of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of 2024 by the Hawaii Island Safety and Security Professionals Association (HISSPA)…

Hawai‘i Island police detectives are renewing their request for information regarding three separate missing person investigations over the past few years in the Puna District. Jarryd Lee Kalanihuli Ah Quin, age 39, was reported missing in early October 2019, and…

Hawai‘i Island police report that 27-year-old Kendra Masang of Hilo, who was previously reported missing, was located in Hilo on Saturday, April 19, 2025, in good health.

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 27-year-old Kendra Masang, who was reported missing. She is considered endangered due to a medical condition. Masang, who has no permanent address, frequents the Hilo area. She was last seen…