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Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-039683 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther, of Ocean View, with various offenses following a violent incident that occurred at a...
Read More 5-01-24 Ocean View Man Charged With Kidnapping & Other OffensesHawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ICaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 23-113936 Media Release Hawai’i Island police detectives continue to investigate a December 2023 homicide that left 68-year-old Albert Harry Pacheco Sr., of Hilo, dead. On December 3,...
Read More 5-01-24 Police Continue December 2023 Hilo Homicide InvestigationHawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-037671 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have identified the human remains that were discovered on April 23, 2024, on a property located in the Hawai'i Ocean View Estate...
Read More 5-01-24 (Update) Police Identify Victim In Ocean View Shooting, Case Reclassified as Murder InvestigationHawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Laura TorresPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-039959 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old Sheri Jo Bowers of Kailua-Kona, who has been reported as missing. Bowers was last seen in...
Read More 5-01-24 Police Seek Public’s Assistance In Locating Missing Kailua-Kona Woman Sheri Jo BowersHawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the...
Read More 4-30-24 DUI StatsMedia Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Officers would like to congratulate all the participants of the Hawaiʻi Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) 2nd Annual Outrigger Youth Canoe Regatta. The event was held at the Kailua Pier on Saturday,...
Read More Police Congratulate Participants of Kona HI-PAL Canoe RegattaHawai'i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police report that 42-year-old Jordan Blevins of Ocean View, who had been previously wanted for an outstanding bench warrant and also for questioning in a...
Read More 4-26-24 (Update) Ocean View Man Arrested on Outstanding WarrantHawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement Unit – Area ISergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-038312 Media Release A Volcano man has passed away following a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision that occurred on Thursday, April 25, 2024, on Highway 11 at the Alii...
Read More 4-25-24 Police Investigating Pedestrian Fatality in VolcanoHawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: 808-887-3080Report No. 24-038012 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are investigating a traffic crash that lead to the closure of Akoni Pule Highway for three hours near Kawaihae Harbor on Wednesday, April 24....
Read More 4-25-24 Police Investigating Traffic Collision that Lead to Akoni Pule Highway ClosureHawaiʻi Police Department believes every victim deserves justice, and that the deceased victim’s family, friends, and community deserve closure.
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