Media Releases

Hawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawai’i Island police is requesting the public’s assistance in locating an Ocean View man who is wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and also for questioning for...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-034849 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have opened up a coroner’s inquest and assault investigation following an assault and the subsequent death of 60-year old Abel Abrojina of...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Report No.: 24-037671 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an unattended death investigation after human remains were discovered on a property located in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates...

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Brian MarkhamPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-037880 Media Release Hawai’i Island police report that 80-year-old Robert Mellard, who was previously reported as an endangered missing person, was located in Hilo on Tuesday, April 24, 2024 at...

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Brian MarkhamPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-037880 Media Release Hawai'i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 80-year-old Robert Mellard of Hilo who has been reported as missing. He was last seen on...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 15, 2024, through April 21, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-five (25) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Nine of the...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-036379 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have charged 31-year-old Vasiliy Viktorovich Trubachev, of Kea‘au, with attempted murder, following the Hawaiian Paradise Park shooting incident on Friday morning, April...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-036379 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an attempted murder investigation following a shooting incident in Hawaiian Paradise Park on Friday morning, April 19, 2024, that left...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Keaolapule Fessenden-GracePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-035491 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Azlyree Butay, who was reported as a runaway. Butay was last seen in the Ainaloa Subdivision...