Media Releases

Media Release The Hawaiʻi State Law Enforcement Officials Association (HSLEOA) honored Hawaiʻi Police Department Area II Vice Section Acting Lieutenant Grad Elarionoff as Officer of the Year during their 68th annual conference on Kauaʻi last week. Acting Lieutenant Grad Elarionoff...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentJuvenile Aid Section – Area ILieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-078780 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged 31-year-old Jordan Kekolonahekuahiwielawemaikealohaa J Botelho, of Papaikou, who was wanted for a warrant of arrest for...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionOfficer Christa BrodiePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-083220 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Uilani Leaverton who is reported as a runaway. She was last seen in the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo Patrol DivisionCaptain Brian PrudencioPhone: (808) 961-2213 Report No. 24-083021 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 24-year-old Vincent Souza of Hilo, who was reported missing. Souza was last seen in the...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of September 2, 2024, through September 8, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-one (21) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Three...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentKona PatrolOfficer Jeremiah GasparPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No. 24-071607 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Taimane Muasau Wong, who was reported as a runaway. Muasau Wong was last seen on Saturday,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionActing Sergeant Bryan EllisPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend three Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-08099 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged a 48-year-old Hilo man with numerous drug and firearm offenses. At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 3,...

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section, Area IILieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, ext. 266Report No. 24-081126 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police have charged 34 year-old Kelvin Malakaua of Kailua-Kona for a burglary and several thefts that took place at separate residences...