Media Releases

The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section extends its sincere appreciation to community members and partners who supported the Fill a Cruiser Food Drive held on Dec. 12, 2025, at the Kona Costco warehouse. The event was a tremendous...

HILO, Hawaii – December 18, 2025 – The Hilo Benioff Medical Center Foundation (HBMCF), through its Be a Lifesaver Hawaii program, announces the donation of 127 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Hawaii Police Department (HPD), significantly expanding the department’s...

Hawai‘i Island police detectives have identified the remains of man reported missing in December 2015 as 50-year-old Eddie Steve Seenarine of Volcano. In June of this year, police were alerted to the discovery of human skeletal remains in a forested...

Hawai‘i Island police have charged a Puna man following a standoff Friday evening, Dec. 19, 2025, at a residence on the 15-2700 block of Aama Street in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision in Pāhoa. On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 20, upon conferring...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a large-scale marijuana growing operation following the execution of a search warrant in the Hawaiian Oceanview Estates subdivision in Ocean View. On Dec. 17, 2025, officers with the Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Vice Division assisted by...

Hawai’i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 49-year-old Tyson Kyle Prim, of Pahoa, with burglary and theft offenses stemming from two incidents each occurring in the Puna and South Hilo Districts in the month of October 2025. On December...

Hawai‘i Island police arrested 40-year-old George Foote of Pāhoa as part of their investigation into a terroristic threatening incident that occurred Friday evening, Dec. 19, 2025, on Aama Street in the Hawaiian Beaches subdivision in Pāhoa. Foote reportedly entered a...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 46-year-old Justin Harmon of Kailua-Kona, who was previously reported missing, was located on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, in good health. The Hawai‘i Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

During the week of Dec. 8, to Dec. 14, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash.  Five of the drivers were under...