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HawaiÊ»i Island police are still searching for Justin Waiki for the murder of Officer Bonson K. Kailioa who was fatally shot in Mountain View on Tuesday evening, (July 17), while on duty. Rewards for Justin Waiki’s capture is now at $30,000; $10,000 from the FBI, $10,000 from U.S. Marshalls and $10,000 from Alcohol Tobacco and […]

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Hawai’i Island police have charged a 49-year-old Hōnaunau man in connection with the shooting incident on Painted Church Road in South Kona on Saturday afternoon, (June 23). On Tuesday morning, (June 26), after conferring with county prosecutor’s, Brian Lee Smith was charged with one count of attempted-Murder in the First Degree, one count of Murder […]

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Hawai’i Island police are continuing the investigation of a shooting incident on Painted Church Road in South Kona on Saturday afternoon, (June 23). Responding to a call just before 3:00 p.m., officers confirmed one person dead at the scene. He has since been positively identified as 42-year-old Thomas Ballesteros Jr., with no permanent address. An […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the male and female found dead at a home in Mt. View on Sunday, (April 8), as 54-year-old Jolene-Rae K. Kapua-Allison and 50-year-old Christopher R. Kapua-Allison, a police officer with the Hawaiʻi Police Department.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating the death of a man and woman at an upper Puna residence. At approximately 3:25 p.m. this afternoon (April 8), police responded to a home in the Pacific Paradise Gardens subdivision in Mountain View. Officers found the lifeless bodies of a male and female within the residence. One of the […]

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Hawai‘i Island police have charged a Hilo man in connection with a stabbing incident in Hilo. At 8:42 p.m., Saturday evening, (March 17), police responded to Keawe Street in Downtown Hilo for a report of a man with an apparent stab wound to his neck. Witnesses told police that the suspect was involved in an […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a weapons incident including a gunshot fired at a police officer on (February 9). They are seeking a 29-year-old Puna woman who may have information as to the identity of the suspect.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a suspicious death after a body, burnt beyond recognition, was found within a truck in a remote Puna subdivision. At approximately 10:00 a.m. Monday morning (December 25), police and fire units responded to a side road off 39th Avenue near Pōhaku Drive in the Orchidland subdivision to a reported vehicle […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have arrested a 67-year-old Hāmākua man following his indictment by a grand jury for a 2016 murder in WaipiÊ»o Valley. On (August 14), Wayne Teves was arrested without incident at his WaipiÊ»o Valley residence and charged with second-degree murder and carrying or using a firearm in the commission of a separate felony. […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police arrested three family members (July 14), in connection with a murder investigation. Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Section arrested 49-year-old Kevin Lehano, 33-year-old Tiffany Stone and 59-year-old Henrietta H. Stone at approximately 3 p.m. for second degree murder under the strength of a bench warrant following a grand jury indictment.

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On June (28), Hawai`i Police charged two suspects for the murder of Dolores Borja Valle, who was killed in (August 2015). Eber Miranda-Garcia, and Marlon Miranda-Garcia, both of Hōlualoa, were charged with Murder in the second degree, and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the second degree, bail was set at $500,000 for each of them.

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Hawaii Police have arrested four individuals for the murder of a 71-year-old Hōlualoa man from August 2015. Stemming from an ongoing investigation that began with finding the decedent, Dolores Borja Valle, M-71, in a coffee field in the Captain Cook area of Kona, Area II Criminal Investigation Section detectives arrested on June 26, 2017, the […]

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Big Island police are renewing their request for information regarding an unsolved murder investigation from 1987. Today marks 30 years since the murder of 26-year-old Lynn Ebisuzaki. On May 1, 1987, at approximately 10 p.m., Hilo patrol officers responded to a home in the 500 block of Kanoelehua Avenue to look for a missing female. […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are renewing their request for information about an unsolved murder from 1997. On May 21, 1997, the body of 27-year-old Sean Burgado was discovered in his home on MalaÊ»ai Road in the upper Waiākea Uka area. An acquaintance of the victim was contacted by Burgado’s employer, who grew concerned about him after […]

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