Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 34-year-old Kaulana Kaikoo Awaa, of Mountain View, in connection with an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a minor female in the Puna district. The investigation began on August 6, 2025, when South Hilo...

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 50-year-old Shawndell Cortez, of Kailua-Kona, and her 7-year-old daughter Amina Bivings, who were reported missing. Cortez is considered endangered due to a medical condition. Cortez is described as Filipino, 5...

Hawaii Police reports that Myles Buyuan-Martin, 16, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in South Hilo in good health on August 20, 2025.

On August 9, 2025, the Kona HI-PAL/Community Policing program proudly hosted the 1st Annual Kona HI-PAL Youth Music Showcase, featuring 10 talented contestants — six individuals and four groups/bands. The event drew a crowd of about 200 attendees, all coming...

Hawai’i Island police have initiated a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation following an anonymous threat that led to the lockdown of Pahoa High and Intermediate School on the morning of Wednesday, August 20, 2025. At 9:53 a.m., officers received a call...

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section, in partnership with the Kona Costco,  the Hawai‘i Food Basket, and KAPA Radio personality Tommy Ching, is pleased to announce the fourth annual Fill A Police Cruiser Food Drive slated for Friday,...

Hawaii Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance with identifying a person of interest in a cellular phone theft and identity theft investigation that was reported in the South Kohala District on July 23, 2025. He is described as...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Tatiyana Kalauli-Aweau who was reported as a runaway. Kalauli-Aweau was last seen on the 1100 block of Railroad Avenue, in Hilo, on Sunday, May 25, 2025. She is...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Myles Buyuan-Martin who was reported as a runaway. Buyuan-Martin was last seen on the 40 block of Santos Street, in Hilo, on Saturday, August 16, 2025. He is...