#Hawaii Police Department
Hilo man sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
A Hilo man was sentenced Thursday by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor to 155 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Update: Both lanes of Māmalahoa Highway in Ka‘awali‘i Gulch again open
The highway was closed earlier Thursday night because of a traffic crash.
38-year-old man faces sex assault, several other charges after Puna domestic incident
Adonis Benjamin Imaikalani Higa, who made his initial court appearance Thursday and remains in custody, allegedly hit a woman and her 15-year-old daughter, who says he touched her inappropriately, and threatened the family.
Big Island man facing charges after allegedly assaulting his grandparents
The suspect is also accused of firing a rifle into the floor.
Hawai‘i Island police seek help finding a man wanted for questioning in burglaries
The latest burglary was reported on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Puna woman charged with theft of wallet, credit cards in two separate Hilo incidents
The first incident occurred at the Downtown Hilo KTA. The second incident occurred at the 7-Eleven located off of Kaumana Drive in Hilo.
Man with loaded sawed-off shotgun, rifle arrested in Bayfront Soccer Fields parking lot
Nainoa Kaluhiwa, a 32-year-old Puna man, made his initial appearance in Hilo District Court on Monday afternoon.
Police seek two men for questioning in sex assault investigation involving 10-year-old girl in Hilo Target toy section
The incident happened just after 5 p.m. Dec. 26, 2023, in the toy section of a business establishment on Maka‘ala Street in Hilo.
16-year-old runs away again same day she’s located after previously reported as runaway
Cherish Ahulau-Kaleo was last seen at 1 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Pāhoa area.
Hawai‘i Island police rule out foul play in drowning of Kea‘au woman
Police interviewed the victim’s boyfriend, witnesses and reviewed residential surveillance video leading up to the woman’s fall into the ocean.
Hawai‘i Island police seek public help finding missing Kona man
The 40-year-old was reported missing by family on the mainland.
Nevada woman charged with abuse following domestic incident with boyfriend
Hawai‘i Island police initially responded to the incident in Honoka‘a at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday after the woman, later identified as 26-year-old Alexandra Grady, fell into the Waiuliuli Stream.
Hawai‘i police seeking suspects in Kona robbery
The suspects accosted a couple visiting from California on Ali‘i Drive in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday.
Puna man charged after allegedly attacking grandfather with gardening tool, more
Jesse Franklin Gonsalves Canizo allegedly damaged his grandparents’ pick-up truck and home before attacking his grandfather.
Man who was allegedly armed with baseball bat charged in two Kona robberies
25-year-old Marty Pangelinan was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and one count of fourth-degree criminal property damage after two separate businesses along Kuakini Highway were robbed Feb. 26.
Update: Missing woman located in good health
Patrice Kirk is Caucasian, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 138 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Nāʻālehu woman gets life in prison, consecutive 20-year term for 2009 murder
A Nāʻālehu woman – 62-year-old Patricia Wong – has been sentenced to life in prison and a consecutive 20-year prison term for the June 2009 murder of Kaycee Smith at a residence in the Orchidland Estates subdivision. Smith had a single gunshot wound to her head. On Nov. 27, 2023, a Hilo jury found Wong […]
Community center at Hilo park damaged in fire
The fire occurred at approximately 3 a.m. on Sunday, beneath a covered walkway on the exterior of the building.
Head-on car crash in East Hawai‘i leaves California visitor dead
This is the second fatal crash on Hawai‘i Island in less than 48 hours. The first was on Sunday afternoon in Hōnaunau.