Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police Department Vice detectives, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, have arrested and charged 43-year-old Dawson Dominador Pilanca of Nā‘ālehu following a months-long investigation into child sexual exploitation. Pilanca was arrested and charged...

Hawai‘i Island police have launched a negligent homicide investigation after a male pedestrian died following a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision on Thursday evening, May 1, 2025, in Hilo near the intersection of Waiānuenue Avenue and Rainbow Drive. Officers responding to the...

Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend 2025 Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national event Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 16, 2025. Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of...

Hawai‘i Island police report that the suspect sought in an assault investigation in Kona was located on April 29, 2025, in Kona. The police thank the public for their assistance.

More than 500 fifth- and sixth-grade student graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program in West Hawai‘i were recognized at the Kekuaokalani Gym in Kona, on Friday April 25, 2025, during an event filled with fun games, free food, and...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 62-year-old female visitor that occurred in Kona on Wednesday night, April 30, 2025. The woman has been positively identified as Lori Trende-Landgraver of Portland, Oregon. Kona patrol officers and Hawai‘i...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 47-year-old Nicole Bullock, of Hilo, who was previously reported missing, was located in Hilo on Monday, April 29, 2025, in good health.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two runaways who were last seen in the area of the 1700 block on Kino‘ole Street in Hilo, on Monday, April 28, 2025, around 8:25 p.m.   King Kehoe,...

During the week of April 21, through April 27, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 10 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was under...