February 2024

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No.: 24-014522 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 53-year-old Roger Tolar of Kealakekua who was reported missing on Tuesday, February 12, 2024. Tolar was...

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

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013986 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 51-year-old Deidre Ichimura of Hilo, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Hilo on Monday morning, February 12,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Christopher FukumotoPhone: (808) 965-2716Report Nos: 24-010192 & 24-013319 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 15-year-old Kingston Rikar, who was reported as a runaway on January 30, 2024, (report #: 24-010192), was located in Pāhoa, on...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Alexis Amon-Wilkins  Phone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-013986 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 51-year-old Deirdre Ichimura of Hilo, who was reported missing. She was last seen in the 100...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolLieutenant Jerome A. ManuelPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No. 24-013597 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two female runaways from the same household in Kona, 13-year-old Zerri Mendiola and 16-year Ella...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend three Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district...

Hawai‘i Police Department                              Area I Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Derek MorimotoPhone: (808) 961-2380Report No. C-60060 Sketch of what person of interest looked looked like in 1987. Media Release Based on new information regarding an unsolved homicide from 1987, Hawai’i Island police are...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-013494 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department’s Area I Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) is investigating the discovery of a man’s body found floating in Hilo Harbor on Friday morning,...