Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-042127 Media Release A 78-year-old Papaikou man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The incident took place on Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190)...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. KeltnerProgram ManagerPhone: 961-2305 Media Release During the week of April 22, 2024, through April 28, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested seventeen (17) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Five of the...

Media Release As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawaiʻi Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawaiʻi County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea I Vice SectionActing Lieutenant Kelly MonizPhone: (808) 961-2259Report No.: 24-039998 Media Release On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, members of the Hawai’i Police Department’s Area I Vice Section arrested 45-year-old Shaun J. Coffer, of Mountain View, following the...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Island residents and visitors are invited to attend Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national event next week. Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOfficer Corey KanekoArea I Juvenile Aid Section (JAS)Phone: (808) 961-8843Report No.: 23-071929, 23-115967, 23-118141, 24-022087, 24-024749, and 24-024787 Media Release Hawai'i Island Police are renewing their request for the public's assistance in locating four male and two female...

Hawaii Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118 Media Release Hawai’i Island police report that two individuals who were previously wanted for outstanding bench warrants and also for questioning in other criminal investigations have been located. The...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ICaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 23-120657 Media Release Hawai’i Island police detectives continue to investigate a December 2023 homicide that left 39-year-old Dingie Anthony Dean Martin, of Mountain View, dead.  On December...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionDetective Donovan KoharaPhone: (808) 960-3118Report No.: 24-039683 Media Release Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged 50-year-old Ian Benjamin Winther, of Ocean View, with various offenses following a violent incident that occurred at a...