Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-039683 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther, of Ocean View, with various offenses following a violent incident that occurred at a...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ICaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 23-113936 Media Release Hawai’i Island police detectives continue to investigate a December 2023 homicide that left 68-year-old Albert Harry Pacheco Sr., of Hilo, dead. On December 3,...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-037671 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have identified the human remains that were discovered on April 23, 2024, on a property located in the Hawai'i Ocean View Estate...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Laura TorresPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-039959 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old Sheri Jo Bowers of Kailua-Kona, who has been reported as missing. Bowers was last seen in...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Five of the...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Officers would like to congratulate all the participants of the Hawaiʻi Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) 2nd Annual Outrigger Youth Canoe Regatta. The event was held at the Kailua Pier on Saturday,...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police report that 42-year-old Jordan Blevins of Ocean View, who had been previously wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and also for questioning in a...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement Unit – Area ISergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-038312 Media Release A Volcano man has passed away following a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision that occurred on Thursday, April 25, 2024, on Highway 11 at the Alii...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: 808-887-3080Report No. 24-038012 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are investigating a traffic crash that lead to the closure of Akoni Pule Highway for three hours near Kawaihae Harbor on Wednesday, April 24....