Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentActing Detective Corey KanekoArea I Juvenile Aid Section (JAS)Phone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-071250, 24-074595 and 24-046584 Hunter Mercier Damon Weber Mary Costner Media Release Hawai’i Island Police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating two...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala Patrol Officer Robert McKayPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-088743 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects sought in the theft of an electric bicycle in Waikoloa on Thursday, September 26, 2024.   The...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Keith NacisPhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-089868 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a two-vehicle collision in Hilo on Sunday evening, September 29, 2024, as 20-year-old Isaac Dakujaku of...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of September 23, through September 29, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the...

Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Activities League (HI-PAL) would like to congratulate all the participants in the first Hawaiʻi Keiki Rodeo Association event of the season. More than 194 kids, ranging from 1 to 18 years old, took part in...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Len HamakadoPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 224Report No. 24-019030 Media Release (Update #2) Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating 40-year-old Daniel Immonen of Kailua-Kona, who was reported...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHāmākua PatrolOfficer Chance SimeonaPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-089024 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old MiKayla P. Nobriga who was reported as a runaway. She was last seen on Kahili Street...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Vice Acting Lieutenant Grad ElarionoffPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 311Report No.: 24-087450 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 29-year-old Kealakekua man with traffic and drug offenses following a single-vehicle car crash in Kailua-Kona in...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Keith NacisPhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-089863 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have launched a negligent homicide investigation after a motorcyclist was killed following a two-vehicle collision in Hilo on Sunday evening, September 29,...