Media Releases

Hawai'i Police DepartmentActing Administrative Lieutenant Brandon MansurKona Patrol - Area II OperationsPh.:  808-326-4646 ext. 249 Media Release Five Hundred West Hawai'i 5th and 6th grade student graduates of the DARE Program were recognized at the Kekuaokalani Gym in Kona, Friday...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ILieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-040625 Media Release On May 7, 2024, an autopsy was performed on 47-year-old Chad Gilbert Keala Shimaoka of Honomu, which indicated that he had died of an...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section-Area I            Lieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report Number: 24-044142 Media Release Hawai’i Island police arrested and charged 32-year-old William Kaipo Jr., of Hilo, with an array of offenses including forgery and theft. The charges stem from an...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of May 6, 2024, through May 12, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-two (22) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Four...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-045278 Media Release A 59-year old Ocean View man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The incident took place at the...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentOfficer Dwayne SlussKona Community PolicingPhone: (808) 935-2211 ext. 257 Media Release “Kona Community Policing Coffee with a Cop” events to take place: Wednesday, May 22nd from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at the Kona Heaven Coffee Co., located...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, ext. 266 Report No.: 24-043295 Media Release On May 13, 2024, just after 5:00 p.m., a 48-year old man, identified as Daniel Moriarty, of Ocean View, was arrested for...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-043656 Media Release Hawai’i Island police arrested and charged 18-year-old John Kekoa Kaolelopono, of Hilo, with second-degree assault and domestic related offenses following an incident on Holomua...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646 ext. 266Report No.: 24-043703 Media Release On May 13, 2024, a 32-year-old male from Ocean View, identified as Kamren Adams, was charged for the offenses of Burglary in the...