Media Releases

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,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigations SectionDetective Amy OmayaPhone: (808) 961-2381Report No.: 24-013104 Joseph K. Medeiros-Aildon January R. Andres Frances A. Matias Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged three individuals with various financial crime offenses stemming from...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-051138 Media Release A 27-year-old Waikoloa man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The incident took place near the 5-mile marker on...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-050314 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 40-year-old Kea’au man with two drug offenses after responding to a report of a male party brandishing a...