Media Releases

As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawai‘i County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the preceding month....

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying a male person of interest in a burglary that occurred in the 76-0000 block of Leilani Street, off of Lako Street, in Keauhou sometime during the evening/early morning hours of...

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...