April 2024

Hawaii Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Brian MarkhamPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-037880 Media Release Hawai'i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 80-year-old Robert Mellard of Hilo who has been reported as missing. He was last seen on...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 15, 2024, through April 21, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-five (25) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Nine of the...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-036379 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have charged 31-year-old Vasiliy Viktorovich Trubachev, of Kea‘au, with attempted murder, following the Hawaiian Paradise Park shooting incident on Friday morning, April...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-036379 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an attempted murder investigation following a shooting incident in Hawaiian Paradise Park on Friday morning, April 19, 2024, that left...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Keaolapule Fessenden-GracePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-035491 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Azlyree Butay, who was reported as a runaway. Butay was last seen in the Ainaloa Subdivision...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Justin DodoPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-035112 Media Release Hawai’i Island police report that 86-year-old Michael "James" Clark, who was previously reported as an endangered missing person, was located in Hilo on Tuesday, April 16,...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 8, 2024, through April 14, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested sixteen (16) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Seven of...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Michael MatsumuraPhone: (808) 961-2716Report No.: 24-014628 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 16-year-old Aiden Becker, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Puna in good health on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: 961-2339Report No. 24-034585 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal pedestrian traffic collision that claimed the life of a 57-year-old Hilo man.  The accident occurred in Hilo, on Saturday evening, April 13,...