Media Releases

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...

On Sunday evening, August 24, 2025, at approximately 9:10 pm, Puna Patrol officers responded to a report of an affray involving numerous persons at the Seaview Lawn at the intersection of Mapuana Avenue and Kalihikai Street, in Kalapana. Upon arrival,...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Cruz Deanda, who is reported as a runaway.  Deanda was last seen on 29th Avenue, in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision, Kea'au, on Friday, August 22, 2025, at 5:00...

Hawaii Island Police report that Kailua-Kona woman Shawndell Cortez and her daughter Amina Bivings who were previously reported as missing have been located in good health. The Hawaii Police Department thanks the community for their assistance.

Hawai‘i Island police report that 27-year-old Kendra Lynn Masang, who was previously reported missing, was located in Hilo on August 23, 2025, in good health. The police department thanks the public for their assistance.