Author: Kayli

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…

HILO, Hawaii – December 18, 2025 – The Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation (HBMCF), through its Be a Lifesaver Hawaii program, announces the donation of 127 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Hawaii Police Department (HPD), significantly expanding the department’s…

Hawai’i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 49-year-old Tyson Kyle Prim, of Pahoa, with burglary and theft offenses stemming from two incidents each occurring in the Puna and South Hilo Districts in the month of October 2025. On December…

Hawai’i Island police have identified the man who died on Oct. 22, 2025, in the Wild Ginger Inn structure fire on Puueo Street in Hilo. The victim has been identified as 66-year-old Gerald James O’Grady, who was a tenant of…