Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolActing Sergeant Kyung YuPhone: (808) 326-4646 ext. 253 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) is warning the public of a phone scam after receiving an uptick in reports of unknown individuals calling Big Island residents posing...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid Section Lieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-017064 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Leanna-Jahzet Navarrete, of Pāhoa, who was reported as a runaway. Navarette was...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz announces the promotion of Scott Amaral, a 23-year veteran of the department, from Captain to Major, effective January 1, 2024. He is assigned to...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-027781 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a three-vehicle traffic collision in Hilo on Saturday, March 23, 2024, that left two women dead. Responding to the reported...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentJuvenile Aid Section – Area ILieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-022947 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 47-year-old Reno Maurice Kulakau Mendoza, of Mountain View, who should be considered armed...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-026578 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 41-year-old Stanton Anson Joaquin, of Mountain View, with various domestic-related offenses following a violent incident at a...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-027222 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are investigating after one man died and two men were injured in a fatal single-vehicle traffic collision on Daniel K. Inouye (DKI)...

Hawaii Police DepartmentPuna PatrolSergeant Christopher J.K. FukumotoPhone: 808-935-3311Report No. 24-026758 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested a 30-year-old Pāhoa man for second-degree animal cruelty after receiving multiple tips regarding a video circulating on social media depicting a man beating a...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Melani ClinePhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-026731 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 33-year-old Kuuipo Thomas of Pāhoa who has been reported as missing. She was last seen in February...