January 2025

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying a man suspected of theft during an incident at a bank parking lot on Pauahi Street in Hilo, Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at 7:48 p.m. A male victim reported that...

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section in collaboration with the Hawai‘i Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) is teaming up with Kai’ Opua Canoe Club and Kai ‘Ehitu Canoe Club for the third annual HI-PAL Outrigger Canoe Regatta in Kona...

As part of their ongoing investigation into the apparent drowning in Kailua-Kona on Sunday, January 5, 2025, Kona patrol officers have identified the deceased man as 35-year-old Garret Khralovch Stanislav of Mayfield, Ohio. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on January 5,...

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Kawai James Pomroy, one of the three men who escaped from the Hale Nani Correctional Facility on Friday, December 13, 2024. On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., Pomroy was...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a chain of events stemming from a traffic incident that resulted in the death of an elderly Waimea man several days after the initial crash. The man has been identified as 84-year old Colin Perry...

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....

Hawai‘i Island police are again renewing their request for any information relative to the disappearance of 76-year-old William Romeo Bishop Sr. He was reportedly last seen on the afternoon of Sunday, January 22, 2023, in the area of his home...

Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for 34-year-old Simon Varela of Ka‘ū who was recently reported as missing. Varela was last seen in the Hawaii Ocean View Estates subdivision at a residence in the 92-2100 block of Ocean View Parkway on...

Hawai‘i Island police have launched a coroner’s inquest investigation after a man’s body was found near a tree on Saturday morning, January 11, 2025, near the Kaumana Drive junction in Hilo. At 10:11 a.m., police dispatch received a report from...