April 2026

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Community Policing Section announces free Coffee With a Cop events throughout the Kona area during the month of May. Coffee With a Cop is an informal way for the public to get to know their district police...

During the week of April 20, 2026, through April 26, 2026, Hawai`i Island police arrested twelve (12) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a brush fire that occurred Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2026, in Kailua Kona. At approximately 1:13 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a brush fire in the area of Hina Lani Street...

Hawai’i Island police reports that 17-year-old Lily Amor, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Ocean View on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in good health.

Hawai’i Island police have initiated a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation after being informed of an anonymous threat made involving Kealakehe Intermediate School. On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., a terroristic threatening report was generated by Kona patrol officers...

Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Kymahni Mata, who was reported as a runaway. Due to his age, Mata is considered endangered. Mata was last seen leaving a residence within the 300 block of...

A Kailua-Kona man was arrested and charged this week with a dozen drug and firearm offenses after a multi-agency search warrant was executed on a parked vehicle in Kona. On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 1:20 p.m., Vice West officers,...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department (HPD) will be conducting a DUI roadblock on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Puainako Street, fronting Waiakea Intermediate School. This enforcement effort is part of HPD’s ongoing commitment to reducing...

Hawai’i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals in the photographs in connection with a theft incident that occurred on March 12, 2026, at a clothing boutique in Waikoloa.  Police ask anyone with information to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311...