Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 65-year-old La Della Baer who was reported missing. Baer is considered to be endangered due to her age. Baer was reported as missing by an acquaintance on Tuesday, March...

Hawai’i Island police report that 13-year-old Kymahni Mata, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in good health in Hilo. Due to his age, Mata was considered endangered. Police thank the public for...

Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Kymahni Mata, who was reported as a runaway. Due to his age, Mata is considered endangered. Mata was last seen leaving a residence within the 300 block of...

Hawaiʻi Island police report that 31-year-old Anthony Mangauil-Damore of Pāhoa, who was previously reported missing and endangered, was located in Pāhoa, on Monday, March 16, 2026, in good physical health. Police thank the public for their assistance.

During the week of March 9, through March 15, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 15 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers were under...

** Original release had 1500 block, corrected to 100 block of Likeke Street. Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 44-year-old Sarah Hurst who was reported as missing. Hurst was last seen on Thursday, March 5,...

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 31-year-old Anthony Mangauil-Damore of Pāhoa, who has been reported missing and endangered. Mangauil-Damore is described as Filipino with a medium complexion, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 215 pounds, with...

Hawai‘i Island police are searching for 64-year-old Daniel Neskovic, of Pāhoa, who was reported missing on March 10.  Neskovic is described as Caucasian with a fair complexion, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 165 pounds, with long white hair and brown...

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, Hawai‘i Police Department is holding five Coffee With a Cop events in the Kona area during March in order for the public can get to know their district...