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Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Momi Leonard who is reported as a runaway. She was last seen in the 1700 block of Kinoole Street in Hilo on Tuesday, December 23, 2024, at around...

Hawai’i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 36-year-old Sione Siupeli Siale, of Pāhoa, with terroristic threatening and firearms offenses, following a weapons incident in Pāhoa on Wednesday evening, December 11, 2024. Shortly after 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Puna patrol...

Malani Donald Tavui Alexander Ikieolagarcia Kauwe Layla Subica Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged two wanted fugitives following a months-long manhunt. 40-year-old Malani Donald Tavui, and 31-year-old Alexander Ikieolagarcia Kauwe, both of Puna, were captured last week, and each...

The Hawai‘i Police Department would like to correct the date for the upcoming Cocoa with a Cop event, which was erroneously announced for Saturday, December 14, 2024. The Hawai‘i Police Department and Neighborhood Place of Kona are excited to announce...

Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 32-year-old Dylan Jessen Gapp, of Keaʻau, with an array of offenses stemming from the burglary and auto theft at a Puna business.  On Saturday evening, November 23, 2024, after conferring with Hawai’i County...

Hawai’i Island police have charged 77-year-old Lowell Thomas Pofahl, of Pahoa, with attempted murder, following a domestic incident with his 76-year-old wife, on Friday night, November 22, 2024, at their Nanawale Estates home. On Sunday morning, November 24, 2024, after...

Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Tyler Reikofski-Ekle, of Hilo, who was reported missing.  Reikofski-Ekle was last seen in the area of the 15-mile marker on Highway 137, Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road in...

Hawai‘i Island police are renewing warnings to the public of a phone scam, after receiving reports of unknown individuals posing as law enforcement officers, calling Hilo residents and attempting to obtain money as payment for outstanding warrants of arrest. In...

During the week of November 11, 2024, through November 17, 2024, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested twenty-eight (28) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Eight of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers...