Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested a 22-year-old Ocean View woman in connection with a pedestrian traffic collision that substantially injured a 24-year-old Ocean View man in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision on Tuesday evening, June 17, 2025. At 9:10...

During the week of June 9, through June 15, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 21 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Ten of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. Two of the drivers were under...

Hawai‘i Island police arrested a 34-year-old Pāhoa man for second-degree robbery on Sunday, June 15, 2025, after the man initially entered Hilo Bay in an attempt to evade police apprehension. At 10:46 a.m., police responded to the area of the...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 15-year-old Makoa Gonsalves, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Waikoloa in good health on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Hawai‘i Island police report that 69-year-old Michael Joyce of Hilo, who was previously reported missing, was located in Kea‘au on Friday, June 13, 2025, in good health. The police department thanks the public for their assistance.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Makoa Gonsalves, who was reported as a runaway. He was last seen in the Honoka‘a area on Thursday June 12, 2025, around 11:00 a.m., wearing an unknown-colored shirt...

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged two men and a woman for a variety of crimes that took place in Kailua-Kona and Hilo between Tuesday, May 27, 2025, and Monday, June 9, 2025. On May 27, South Hilo patrol...

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 69-year-old Michael Joyce of Hilo, who was reported missing. He is considered endangered due to his age and required medication.  Joyce was last seen in the 100 block of West...

Hawai‘i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 31-year-old Keoni Brian Paulino, of Hilo, with an array of theft and financial crimes as well as a drug offense, stemming from an incident involving mail theft reported in the early morning...