Media Releases

(Update #1): Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information in locating 51-year-old Vesna Young, who was reported missing from the Miloli‘i area in South Kona. She was last seen in Milolii near the 88-100 block of Umi Avenue...

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the victim of the violent early morning stabbing in Hilo, on Saturday morning, March 29, 2025, as 81-year-old Lola Linda Loebl, of Hilo. On Sunday morning, March 30, the suspect in this case, 30-year-old Keoni...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a single-vehicle car crash that occurred Monday evening, March 31, 2025, in Kea‘au that left a Puna woman dead. Officers responding to a 9:34 p.m. call, learned that a 2018 Nissan Sentra four-door sedan was...

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance identifying a theft suspect who was photographed near stolen farm equipment. On January 23, 2025, at 8:48 a.m., Kona patrol officers responded to the 89-400 block of Hawai‘i Belt Road in Captain...

Area I Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) Detective Kimo Keliipaakaua talking to a group of UH-Hilo students about his duties as a CIS Detective. On Friday March 28, 2025, the Hawaii Police Department kicked off their Kalounui internship program with an...

Hawai‘i Island residents are invited to attend a Coffee with a Cop event with Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Puna Community Policing Officers on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at the Hawaiian Shores Community Center (Stables), 15-859...

Correction: This media release has been updated. The original release stated the arrestee's name as Keone Peter Tosie Brown, the correct spelling is Keoni Peter Tosie Brown. Hawai‘i Island police detectives have charged 30-year-old Keoni Peter Tosie Brown, of Hilo,...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 67-year-old Michael Kenneth Durham of Kea’au, who was previously reported missing, was located in Kurtistown on Saturday, March 29, in good health. The Hawai’i Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

Correction: This media release has been updated. The original release stated the arrestee's name as Keone Peter Tosie Brown, the correct spelling is Keoni Peter Tosie Brown. Hawai'i Island police are investigating a murder following a violent stabbing of an...