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Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have arrested and charged 40-year-old John Juan-Malak Taliauli, of Keaʻau, following a violent confrontation with an acquaintance in the early morning hours of Monday, May 12, 2025, on Wainaku Street in Hilo. The charges against Taliauli...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Aden Hawkins who was reported as a runaway. Hawkins was last seen on Ginger Lane in the Ainaloa Subdivision in Kurtistown on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 9:00...

During the week of April 28, through May 4, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. None of the drivers were under...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Kawelo Lancaster, who was initially reported as a runaway and is considered a missing and endangered juvenile due to concerns for his well-being and safety.  Lancaster was last...

(Update #8) Hawai‘i Island police are again renewing their request for any information relative to the disappearance of 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pāhoa. Gravitt was reportedly last seen on the evening of May 19, 2023, in the area of Pāhoa...

Hawai’i Island police have identified the male pedestrian who died following a Hilo traffic collision on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in the area of the Waiānuenue Avenue and Rainbow Drive intersection. The man has been identified as 69-year-old James R....

Sergeant Eric Ontiveros (Left)/Officer Paul Wright III (Center)/Acting Captain Pernell Hanoa (Right). Ka‘ū Patrol Officer Paul Wright III was awarded the first-ever “Officer of the Quarter” for Q1 2025 on May 2, 2025, during a ceremony at a restaurant in...

South Kohala Police Officer Michael Abran was selected by Special Olympics Hawai‘i to represent Hawai‘i in the ”Final Leg” of the lighting of the Special Olympics Torch in Italy. The “Final Leg” is a team of law enforcement officers and...

Hawai‘i Police Department Vice detectives, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, have arrested and charged 43-year-old Dawson Dominador Pilanca of Nā‘ālehu following a months-long investigation into child sexual exploitation. Pilanca was arrested and charged...