Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police Department Hilo PatrolOfficer Danton ZimmermanPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-016019 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old John Peneku who was reported as a runaway. Peneku was last seen on Poouli Road...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 23-096049 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police, in partnership with the State Narcotics Enforcement Division, have arrested and charged a 35-year-old Hilo man with various drug-related offenses. At 2:00...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Taylor CruzPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No. 24-016956 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Kaleikaumaka Hanuna-Shook of Kea‘au, who was reported as a runaway. She was last seen at 2:50 a.m....

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013494 Media Release Autopsy results for an elderly Hilo man whose body was found in Hilo Harbor earlier this month indicate that his death was the result of...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolCaptain Todd PatarayPhone: (808) 965-2718Report No.: 24-016422 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 29-year-old woman from Kea‘au that occurred early Sunday morning, February 18, 2024, off the shoreline cliffs near Paradise...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-118141 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Tristen Denis-Silva, who was reported as a runaway, on Wednesday, December 15, 2023. ...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer Corey KanekoPhone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 24-007971 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Kaimana Mata-Keohuloa, who was reported as a runaway. Mata-Keohuloa was last seen on...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-014502 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Holly Kaleki White, of Kea‘au, with domestic related offenses following an incident in Pāpa‘ikou on Monday...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release As part of Hawai‘i Police Department’s (HPD) ongoing efforts to ensure keiki safety on our island roads, HPD will conduct a combined DUI check point / child...