Police Media Releases
Hawaiʻi police recovered a large cache of illegal narcotics during the execution of a search warrant at a Pāhoa residence....
Crime
Hawaii Request $3M to House Inmates in Arizona
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii prison officials have asked for an emergency appropriation of $3.4 million to keep housing inmates out...
More Police Updates
Police say a search warrant executed Friday on a Puna house yielded a sizable amount of narcotics and cash. According...
Hawaii Businessman Charged with Bribing Hawaii Officials
A Hawaii businessman has been charged with dishing out bribes of nearly half a million dollars to officials in Hawaii...
Big Island Bench Warrants Issued 1/18/2019
The Hawaii Police Department is asking for the public’s help in processing court bench warrants. Whenever an individual ignores a...
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Hiilei Peneku
Hawaiʻi Island Police are searching for a 16-year-old female who was reported missing from the Honokaʻa Town area since, (January...
4 arrests after men occupy Office of Hawaiian Affairs
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs says 12 people forced their way into the state agency’s lobby and assaulted two staff...
Remains Identified
Police have identified skeletal remains found on Dec. 12 in an empty lot off of Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona as...
Warden called to court 6 times
Over the course of 12 months, the warden of Hawaii Community Correctional Center was ordered before a judge six times...
Big Island Crime/Law Case Updates
A driver under indictment for negligent homicide in a fatal traffic collision two years ago is suing the other driver...
DUI Stats for the Week
During the week of January 7, 2019, through January 13, 2019, Hawaiʻi Island Police arrested sixteen, (16), motorists for driving...
Puako Beach robbery suspects arrested and charged: Aaron Melim and Ryhan Rickman
Aaron Melim Ryhan Rickman Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 34-year-old Hilo man and a 27-year-old Hilo woman with...
Man arrested in Hilo narcotics operation: Rodney Keaweehu
Rodney Keaweehu A 60-year-old Hilo man is in police custody following a narcotics operation at a county park in Hilo....
Jail Blunders Again: Warden Back in Court
A circuit court judge ordered the county jail’s warden to court for a second time after a pretrial murder detainee...
Hawai’i Island Police have charged a 36-year-old male in connection with a behavior disorder report
Daniel Walker Hawai’i Island Police have charged a 36-year-old male in connection with a behavior disorder report on Puu Huluhulu...
Hawaii Crime Briefs
The home of a retired Honolulu police chief and his former prosecutor wife is for sale while their lender forecloses...
Domestic Strangulation Update & Band Teacher Sentenced
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Big Island prosecutors may take more punitive action against perpetrators of domestic strangulation after more than...
Hawaii Police News
A 63-year-old Hilo man died this morning, (January 6), after being in police custody. Responding to a 3:10 p.m. motorcycle...
Judge: Probation was Wrong for Maui Repeat Offender
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — It was a mistake to give a man a chance with probation, a Maui judge said...
Strangulation Cases
A deputy prosecutor assigned to prosecute domestic strangulation cases says there’s a new case almost every week. According to Suzanna...
