2024

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 266Report No.: 24-067279 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department reports that 16-year-old Carmella French, who was previously reported as an endangered runaway, was located in Kailua-Kona on Friday,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Keisan TamuraPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067970 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 39-year-old Shadrach Unea of Hilo, who was reported missing on Friday, July 26, 2024. He is considered...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKa‘ū Patrol DivisionOfficer Melissa D’AngeloPhone: (808) 939-2520Report No.: 24-067279           Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Carmella French, who was reported as a runaway. French is classified as an endangered runaway...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Krimsen AbillaPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067773 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Kendra Lynn Masang of Hilo, who was reported missing on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Masang was...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Krimsen AbillaPhone: (808) 961-2213Report No.: 24-064046 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 25-year-old Destiny Escobar of Hilo who was recently reported missing. She was last seen on Monday, July...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Marco K. SegobiaPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No. 24-066603 Media Release A 54-year-old woman who died on Monday, July 22, 2024, after a possible drowning in Kailua-Kona has been positively identified as Jennifer Kathleen Purcell of Albuquerque,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Patrol  Officer Shane HanleyPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067432 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 32-year-old Marcello Silva Da Costa of Kailua-Kona. Silva Da Costa was last seen in September 2023...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-066706 Media Release (Update) Hawai‘i Island police have charged 34-year-old Garrett Aadom Duran of Kailua-Kona with negligent homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence of...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of July 15, through July 21, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 19 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the...