2026

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Vivianna Arsenault of Kailua-Kona, who was reported as a runaway on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. She is considered endangered due to a medical condition. Arsenault was previously reported...

Hawai‘i Island police invite the public to a free Keiki ID event on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hilo Public Library, 300 Waianuenue Ave. Hosted by Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hilo Community Policing Section, the...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a 20-year-old Hilo man on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, 2026, in Hilo. The man has been positively identified as Logan Quintal of Hilo. Police responded to a reported...

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the male pedestrian who died following a traffic collision last August in Hilo as 43-year-old Caesare Brown of Hilo. On August 2, 2025, at 10:04 p.m., police responded to a report of a vehicle striking...

During the week of Dec. 29, to Dec. 31, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested five motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic crash.   In 2025, there were 899...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a robbery that occurred following a traffic collision in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision in Ocean View on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. At 4:15 p.m., Ka‘ū Patrol officers responded to a reported traffic collision...

An extensive investigation by Hawai‘i Police Department resulted in a Pāhoa couple being charged with multiple sexual offenses against a juvenile. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 34-year-old Chancen Micah-Kaikane Schutter of Pāhoa with multiple counts of...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section would like to thank Miss Orchid Isle’s Teen Diamond Kawaauhau, as well as all the participants and sponsors who helped make the HI-PAL Community Cleanup and Fun Day in Hōnaunau on Sunday,...

On Dec. 17, 2025, officers with the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Vice Section, assisted by Ka‘ū Patrol, executed a search warrant at a residence in the 92-8600 block of Jasmine Drive. At the time the search warrant was executed, the residence...