Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a single motor-vehicle collision in Pāpa‘ikou that critically injured a 48-year-old female pedestrian from Pāpa‘ikou on Friday, February 7, 2025. Responding to a call at 7:59 p.m., police determined that a 2018 Honda HR-V multi-purpose...

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation after being informed of a threat made Friday, February 7, 2025, on Konawaena School Road near Konawaena High School in Kealakekua. At 12:44 p.m., police responded after a school custodian...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Kainoha Nowell, who was reported as a runaway. Due to his age, he is considered endangered. He was last seen in the area of Maka‘ala Street, in Hilo...

During the week of January 27, through February 2, 2025, Hawai`i Island police arrested 12 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Six of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. None of the drivers were under...

Super Bowl LIX is Sunday, February 9, 2025, and the Hawai‘i Police Department and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are teaming up to remind drivers: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. Get ahead of...

Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying the suspect in an investigation of a theft that occurred on December 29, 2024, just after 7 p.m. in the 75-5700 block of Al’i Drive in Kailua-Kona. Responding to the...

Hawai‘i Police Department reports that the 86-year-old woman injured in a single motor vehicle collision in Hilo on Thursday, January 30, 2025, has passed away. The woman, identified as Yvonne Mira of Hilo, was pronounced deceased on February 3, at...

Police have identified the individual who died in a traffic collision in Kea‘au on Sunday, February 2, 2025, as 32-year-old, Negozi Young of Mountain View. Responding to a traffic collision call at 10:32 a.m., police learned that three motorcycles were...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a dump truck that occurred Monday afternoon, February 3, 2025, on Keaau-Pahoa Road, (Highway 130), just south of the Pāhoa Police Station.   Responding to a reported...