Media Releases
For the year 2024, there were 964 DUI arrests compared with 955 in 2023, an increase of 0.94 percent. The numbers of arrests by district were: DistrictFor the Year 2024 Hāmākua 4North Hilo 7South Hilo 290Puna 196Ka'u 25Kona 347South Kohala 71North Kohala 24 Island Total 964...
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Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 18-year-old Dashay Souza-Nascimento of Puna, who was reported missing. Due to a medical condition he considered an endangered missing person. Souza-Nascimento was last seen on Thursday, January 16, 2025,...
Read More Police Seeking Missing Puna Teen Dashay Souza-Nascimento
As part of their ongoing investigation into the apparent drowning in Kailua-Kona on Sunday, January 5, 2025, Kona patrol officers have identified the deceased man as 35-year-old Garret Khralovch Stanislav of Mayfield, Ohio. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on January 5,...
Read More Police Identify Possible Drowning Victim in Kona
Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Kawai James Pomroy, one of the three men who escaped from the Hale Nani Correctional Facility on Friday, December 13, 2024. On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., Pomroy was...
Read More Police Arrest and Charge Second Hale Nani Escapee
As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawai‘i County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the preceding month....
Read More Fentanyl Arrests and Recovery Stats for Dec. 2024