Media Releases

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of March 4, through March 10, 2024, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the...

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala PatrolActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080Report Numbers: 24-021745 and 24-022292 Media Release (Update #1) Hawai‘i Island police are renewing their request for information in locating 23-year-old Tyson Stephens, who is a suspect in a Waikoloa Village...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Alexis Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-024288 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 24-year-old Kyla Miyasato of Hilo, who was reported missing. Miyasato was last seen on Monday, March 11,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolCaptain Brian PrudencioPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-023992 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged a 27-year-old Hilo man as part of their investigation of a traffic collision that occurred on the Wainaku Street bridge in Hilo...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-022580 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 31-year-old Michael Kamahele of Hilo, and 27-year-old Jessinie Akui of Volcano, with an array of theft, firearms, and drug...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-023148 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 23-year-old Dylan Riley Balangatan of Hilo with auto theft and theft after a company van was reported stolen from...

Media Release The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Puna Patrol Officer Chance Lunsford as 2023 Officer of the Year and Hawaiʻi Fire Department Firefighter Anson Arakaki as Firefighter of the Year during a ceremony on Saturday, March 9,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-022918 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police arrested 49-year-old Shane Curry Bloking, of Nā‘ālehu, with fourth-degree sexual assault following an incident that occurred on Friday evening, March 8,...

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentSouth Kohala DistrictActing Captain Roylen ValeraPhone: (808) 887-3080 Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section invites you to join them for Coffee with a Cop on Friday, March 15, 2024, from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00...