Media Releases

Hawaiʻi Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Trenton AurelloPhone: (808) 965-2716Report No.: 24-046694  Media Release Hawaiʻi Island Police are searching for 38-year-old Ashley Kuregian. She was last seen at a residence on 15th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision the evening of...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Kaeo EggersPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-046584 Media Release Hawai‘i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Mary Costner, who is reported as a runaway. The teen was last seen on foot near...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Rommel ConstantinoPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.:  24-046843 Media Release Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 35-year-old Helen “Lena” Jones of Pahoa who was reported as missing. Helen “Lena” Jones is described as...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentTraffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Thomas KoyanagiPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 229Report No. 24-045278 (UPDATE) Media Release A 59-year-old Ocean View man died in a single vehicle collision that occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The incident took place at the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation Section Lieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, ext. 266Report No.: 24-045870 Auston Aini Rodney Kahele Jr. Media Release On May 19, 2024, 39-year-old Auston Aini, of Kailua-Kona, was charged for several offenses including: Robbery in...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentActing Administrative Lieutenant Brandon MansurKona Patrol - Area II OperationsPh.:  808-326-4646 ext. 249 Media Release Five Hundred West Hawai'i 5th and 6th grade student graduates of the DARE Program were recognized at the Kekuaokalani Gym in Kona, Friday...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigation Division – Area ILieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report No.: 24-040625 Media Release On May 7, 2024, an autopsy was performed on 47-year-old Chad Gilbert Keala Shimaoka of Honomu, which indicated that he had died of an...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCriminal Investigations Section-Area I            Lieutenant Zachary FernandoPhone: (808) 961-2252Report Number: 24-044142 Media Release Hawai’i Island police arrested and charged 32-year-old William Kaipo Jr., of Hilo, with an array of offenses including forgery and theft. The charges stem from an...

Hawai`i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner, Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of May 6, 2024, through May 12, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested twenty-two (22) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant.  Four...