Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 83-year-old Annette Hughes of Fern Forest, who was reported as a missing person. She is considered endangered due to her age and because she may be in need of...

The Hawai‘i Police Department is making the public aware that Spectrum will be conducting scheduled maintenance, which may affect Spectrum Voice 911 service on Thursday, March 6, 2025, between 12:00 a.m. midnight and 12:00 p.m. The affected areas will be...

Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) launched a homicide investigation following two early morning shootings in Puna that left a 25-year-old woman dead. Dozens of investigators spent the day searching for the suspect, 28-year-old Isaiah Kaleo Jiaan Fourshey of Mountain View, who was...

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a homicide investigation following two early morning shootings in Puna, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, that left a 25-year-old woman dead. Police are actively searching for the suspect, 28-year-old Isaiah Kaleo Jiaan Fourshey of Mountain...

Hawai‘i Island police have launched an arson investigation after several brush fires started under suspicious circumstances in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision on Monday, March 3, 2025. At 1:15 p.m., the Hawai‘i Fire Department received a report of a...

During the week of February 24, through March 3, 2025, Hawai’i Island police arrested 26 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. Two of the drivers was under...

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 32-year-old Spencer Ah Nee and 36-year-old Andrelin-Stacey Ramos, both of Hilo, in connection with the theft of a rental vehicle from a Hilo beach park on the morning of Sunday, February 9, 2025....

Three Hawai‘i Police Department officers were honored for their outstanding investigations and exemplary hard work by the Kona Crime Prevention Committee (KCPC) in the past three months. Officer Ryan Barrett was honored as Officer of the Month for December 2024,...

Hawai‘i Island police arrested 46-year-old Ivan Steve Kong, of Hilo, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, for an outstanding warrant issued by the Hawaii Paroling Authority for violation of parole terms and conditions. Kong is also under investigation for recent criminal...