Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section – Area ILieutenant Zachary O. FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 22-090239 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in providing information related to a 2022 murder which occurred in Puna....

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section-Area I            Detective Kimo Keli’ipa’akauaPhone: (808) 961-2252Report Number: 24-051547 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 34-year-old Dustin Crivello, of Mountain View, Hawai’i, with an array of property, drug, and ammunition offenses. The charges stem...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKa‘ū Patrol Division  Sergeant Eric Ontiveros         Phone: (808) 939-2520Report No: 24-050077 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for 38-year-old Rachel Paul of Ka‘ū. Paul, who resides in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision, has not been seen in the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) is pleased to announce that Lieutenant Jeremy Scott Lewis graduated as a member of the 289th session of the prestigious FBI National Academy in...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Dallas ArcePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-035446 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 77-year-old Charles Poole. He was last seen on Pahoa Village Road on April 9, 2024, however, not...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305June 3, 2024 Media Release During the week of May 27, 2024, through June 2, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested nineteen (19) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionOfficer Corey KanekoPhone No.: (808) 935-3311 Report No.: 23-115967 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 17-year-old Alfred Andon, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Kona in good health, on Friday,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Keison TAMURAPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-050937 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Shaicen Lewis-Benevides who was reported as a runaway. Lewis-Benevides was last seen on Railroad Avenue...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section-Area IDetective Christopher JelsmaPhone: (808) 961-2386Report No.: 24-040786 Media Release On May 3, 2024, at about 3:12 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a business establishment located on the 500 block of West Kawailani Street,...