Media Releases

Media Release (Update #3) As of Thursday noon, May 28, 2026, police are still actively searching for murder suspect 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker of Pāhoa. As the investigation continues, police have also positively identified two of the three victims. Additional...

Media Release (Update #2) Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a suspicious death that occurred in Puna on Tuesday evening, May 26, 2026. At 9:58 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a residence in the 12-7800 block of Kalapana Kapoho Beach...

Police are seeking 36-year-old Jacob Daniel Baker, of Pāhoa, who is a suspect in three homicides in the Puna area. Baker is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Police  urge the public to not approach him. If seen, members of the...

During the week of May 11, through May 17, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested six motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating two separate suspicious deaths of elderly males that occurred in Puna in the past two days. On Monday evening, May 25, 2026, at 8:47 p.m., Puna patrol officers responded to a residence in the 14-0000...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department invites the public to attend Police Chief Reed Mahuna’s next informal “Talk Story with the Chief” session on Friday, May 29, 2026, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi...

Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Bronson Kaena Histo of Kea‘au for robbery and theft offenses Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 20-year-old Bronson Kaena Histo of Kea‘au for robbery and theft offenses stemming from an incident...

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section will hold its next monthly Kupuna Watch meeting on Thursday, May 28, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 am, at the Lei Kupuna Senior Housing recreation center, 74-5285 Kaeka Street, in Kailua-Kona. Kupuna...

Hawai‘i Island police have charged 38-year-old Michael Gardner of Mountain View with an array of weapons offenses following a firearms investigation in Puna that involved significant public safety concerns. After conferring with the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney,...