Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a single-vehicle collision in Pāhala that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy on Thursday evening, September 4, 2025. The teen has been identified as Kainui Kaupu-Manini of Pāhala. At 5:55 p.m., police responded to...

During the week of August 25, 2025 to August 31, 2025 Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was...

HILO, Hawai‘i – August 26, 2025 – The Hawai‘i Police Department has received a generous donation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) from the Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation and the Max and Yetta Karasik Foundation represented by Dr. and Mrs. Richard...

Hawaii Island Police report that Chaiclen Aaliyah Abong-Rivera who was previously reported as a runaway was located in good health on August 29, 2025. Hawaii Police would like to thank the community for their assistance.

Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 37-year-old Hiram Dale Kelii Kuilauwoho Kawelu, of Lynnwood, Washington, with an array of offenses stemming from two separate violent and heinous incidents in Hilo. On Thursday afternoon, August 28, 2025, at 12:38 p.m.,...

During the week of August 18, 2025 to August 24, 2025 Hawai`i Island police arrested ten (10) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers...

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a weapons incident that occurred on Thursday, August 27, 2025 at or about 6:50 p.m. in the area of Hualalai Road in Kailua-Kona.  A 26-year-old male...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Chaiclen Aaliyah Abong-Rivera, who is reported as a runaway.  Abong-Rivera was last seen in the area of 73-4257 Hulikoa Drive Suite C, Kailua-Kona, on Wednesday, August 27, 2025,...

Hawaii Island police are asking for the public’s assistance regarding a robbery that occurred on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at approximately 3:31 p.m., at a grocery store on Puainako Street in Hilo. A female employee reported that an unidentified male...