Media Releases

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-086987 Olaf Seyler Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged at Honolulu man with numerous fentanyl related drug offenses. At approximately 2:55 p.m., on Saturday, September...

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Lam DoanPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-087526 Media Release Hawaii Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Kamalu Freitas who is reported as a runaway. He was last seen in the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-087092 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have recovered the body of deceased man, presumed of being a missing person, who was last seen sitting on the edge of...

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictCaptain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080 Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for Coffee with a Cop on Friday, September 27, 2024, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m....

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolOfficer Jeremiah GasparPhone: (808) 326-4646 Ext. 253Report No.: 24-071607 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 16-year-old Taimane Muasau Wong, who was reported as a runaway, was located in Captain Cook on Thursday, September 19, 2024, in good health.

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-086641 Suspect Photo 4 Suspect Photo 3 Suspect Photo 1 Suspect Photo 2 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigations SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-085816 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 30-year-old James Lee Nathan III, of Hilo, with various property and drug offenses stemming from a burglary which...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Section – Area IDetective Amy OmayaPhone: (808) 961-2381Report No. 24-079633 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance regarding a robbery that occurred on Friday, August 30, 2024, at approximately 2:30 p.m., at a...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Amy OmayaPhone: (808) 961-2381Report No.: 24-082159 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area I Criminal Investigation Section detectives are requesting the public’s assistance with identifying suspects of an assault which occurred on Friday, September...