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MEDIA RELEASE Justin PaishonRaina Kaupu HawaiÊ»i Island Police have arrested and charged a Hawaiian Paradise Park couple with firearms offenses that occurred on (October 9). Police were patrolling the Hawaiian Paradise Park area when they observed a sedan almost crash into their police vehicle on Old Beach Road in the Puna District. Police stopped the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Aaron NobrigaDanny MullerSandra Kahikina HawaiÊ»i Island Police arrested and charged a 44-year-old Puna man with offenses stemming from a (September 9) incident in Hawaiian Paradise Park. Police charged Aaron L. Nobriga of Puna on (October 16) for several criminal offenses. Nobriga was wanted on a parole violation warrant and had evaded capture for […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Big Island detectives are investigating the circumstances that led to the hospitalization of a child from Puna. The child has been identified as a three-year-old male. On Monday morning (October 7) at about 8:06 a.m., patrol officers were assigned to a call involving an unresponsive child being transported by a private vehicle from […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kamanaokaaina “Mana” NakookaMalia K. Konanui HawaiÊ»i Island Police have charged a 31-year-old Puna man with an array of offenses in connection with an early evening (October 7) shooting at a residence in Hawaiian Paradise Park. On Thursday morning (October 10) after conferring with the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Kamanaokaaina K. Nakooka was […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Jarryd Ahquin HawaiÊ»i Island Police are searching for 34-year old Jarryd Ahquin who has been reported as missing. He was last seen in the Hawaii Beaches area during the early morning hours of Saturday (October 5). He is known to frequent the Hilo and Puna areas.  He is described as a local male, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE HawaiÊ»i Island Police have captured eleven people in Hilo and the Puna District with outstanding warrants. Police arrested and charged Richard Benevides, Ryan Oana, Kehaulani Pau, Isiah Campbell-Francisco, George Kahakua Jr., Joseph Deguair, Wesley Snyder, Sierra Grammar, Sheldon Haili, James K. Gorospe, and Christopher Igawa-Silva, all with outstanding warrants. Police have been focusing […]

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The Hawai’i Police Department is renewing a request to members of the community that may have any information regarding the circumstances of a hit and run vehicle crash that occurred during the early morning hours of Wednesday (April 3) on Highway 11, North of Makalika Street, which resulted in the death of 35-year-old Anthony Harper, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE (PAHOA, HAWAII, MAY 8, 2019)—The public is invited to the ‘Activate Puna’ block party on Saturday, May 11, from 4-10:p.m. The event features a street closure along Pahoa Village Road between Akeakamai Loop and Kauhale Street.  Pahoa Village Road between Akeakamai and Kauhale will be closed to vehicular traffic between 12 noon to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Maycee Ahsui-Mendoza HawaiÊ»i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Maycee Ahsui-Mendoza who has been reported as missing. She was last seen in the KeaÊ»au area on, (April 17). Ahsui-Mendoza is 14-years-old, approximately 5-feet tall, 100 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police ask anyone with information on her […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Rina-Lee Yaeko Shimizu Detectives charged a 38-year-old Pāhoa woman Friday for several offenses stemming from incident in which she allegedly rammed a police vehicle last Wednesday night in Kalapana before fleeing the scene and was subsequently arrested. The suspect is identified as a Rina-Lee Yaeko Shimizu of a Hawaiian Beaches address. The incident […]

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By Hawaii 24/7 Staff Fire/rescue crews responded to a 4:39 a.m. alarm on Saturday (April 20) to 15-2711 Opakapaka Street in Puna for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a vacant, single-story home about 75% engulfed in flames with flames coming out of the front windows and live electrical lines arcing with sparks showering […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Septi Tuaefe On Monday (April 15), HawaiÊ»i Island Police arrested a 28-year old Kalapana Black Sands man for an array of offenses. Police have arrested Septi Tuaefe, also known as “Joe”, for an array of offenses that include unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, fraud use of a license plate, possession of a […]

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UPDATED: Police capture Glenwood man after chase in Hilo Friday (May 3) MEDIA RELEASE HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 42-year-old Puna man who is wanted for outstanding warrants. Shilo Brent, of Glenwood, is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-7, weighs about 175 pounds, medium build, tan complexion, with short brown […]

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MEDIA RELEASE HawaiÊ»i Island Police are searching for a 15-year-old KeaÊ»au boy who was reported missing. Layne Tomlinson Layne Tomlinson was last seen in Hilo on, Thursday, (January 24).  He is described as being 5-feet-3-inches, weighing 110 pounds, with hazel eyes, wavy black hair and a fair complexion. Police ask anyone with information on his […]

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