Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 23-year-old Alohi Kaupu-Grace of Hilo with various offenses stemming from an unauthorized transaction made with a victim’s credit card on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.  On May 2, 2025, the victim contacted police reporting that...

Hawai‘i Island residents are invited to attend a Coffee with a Cop event with Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Puna Community Policing Officers on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at the Seaview Park Pavilion, 12-7023 Nahokulele Street,...

Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a wanted fugitive with more than a dozen offenses after a crime spree resulted in an officer involved shooting in the Captain Cook area on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Police arrested and charged 28-year-old...

Eleven police recruits became solo officers following the Hawai’i Police Department’s 101st Police Recruit Class ceremony on Friday, May 15, 2025, in Hilo at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Moku Ola Ballroom. Each new officer had their badge pinned on by a...

During the week of May 26, through June 1, 2025, Hawai`i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was under...

Hawai‘i Island police detectives arrested and charged two men in connection with two separate robberies that occurred at businesses in downtown Hilo. On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 3:19 p.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of an active...

Hawai‘i Island police have charged 19-year-old Fernando Villanueva-Gonzalez of Kailua-Kona with multiple offenses relating to a weapons incident reported on Sunday, June 1, 2025, in the area of Puohulihuli Street near Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona. Upon responding to the...

Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 56-year-old Gregory Glaser of Mt. View, who was reported missing. Glaser was last seen in the Hawaiian Acres subdivision on April 12, 2025. He is described as a Caucasian man,...

On Monday, June 2, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police responded to the area of Wailuku River and the “singing bridge” near the lighthouse on Highway 19 to investigate an assault complaint whereby the alleged suspect jumped into Hilo Bay and swam...