Media Releases

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...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of June 24, through June 30, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the...