Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Branden WatanabePhone: (808) 965-2716Report No. 24-061989 Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 58-year-old Randy Smith of Pahoa, who was reported as missing. Smith was last seen in the Kalapana area...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentSouth Hilo PatrolOfficer Justin DodoPhone: (808) 961-2213Report No. 24-061168 Media Release Hawaii Island Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Sun Popovich of Mt. View, who was reported as missing. Popovich was last seen in the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionActing Lieutenant Patrick AurelloPhone: (808) 961-8810Report No. 24-060339 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 38-year-old George Dale Foote Jr., of Pahoa, with an array of offenses following a violent incident involving...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-060384 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have initiated an unattended death investigation after human remains were discovered on a property located in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision....

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Community Policing SectionLieutenant William DerrPhone: (808) 961-2350 Media Release With student summer break in full swing, multiple units of Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD), including the Hilo Community Policing Section, Area I Juvenile Aid Section, and South Hilo...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictSergeant Bradden KimuraPhone No.: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-050185 Media Release Police report runaway Maile Revilla previously reported as a runaway has been located on July 3, 2024 in good health.

Hawai'i Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictSergeant Bradden KimuraPhone No.: (808) 887-3080Report No.: 24-050185 Media Release Hawai'i Island Police are searching for a 13-year old Kamuela girl Maile Revilla who was reported as a runaway. Revilla was last seen by family members...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Jenny LeePhone: (808) 961-2279Report No. 24-042776 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department reports that 39-year-old Nicholas Williams, who was previously reported as a missing person, was located in Hilo on Tuesday morning, July...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release As we approach the Fourth of July, Hawai‘i Police Department and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), remind Hawai‘i Island residents to...