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A Puna woman is in police custody after being charged with three offenses in connection with a confrontation in August. On August 25, Puna Patrol officers responded to a 6:52 p.m. report of an affray in progress at a business at 15-2670 Keaʻau-Pāhoa Road in Pāhoa.

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 34-year-old KeaÊ»au man wanted in connection with several abuse of a family or household member, terroristic threatening and firearms cases. Abraham Verece is described as 5-foot-8, 175 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He has a medium build and has at times […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Police have charged a 20-year-old Kailua-Kona man in connection with what started as a report of a man with a knife threatening people at a residence on Pumehana Street in Kailua-Kona. On Sunday (Sept. 15) at approximately 5:13 p.m., Kona Patrol officers responding to the disturbance call, located and arrested the suspect identified […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island police are investigating a domestic dispute that sent a 24-year-old Mountain View man to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Puna patrol officers responded to Keola Place in Mountain View at 8:30 p.m. Monday (Sept. 2) for an affray between a father and his adult son. When officers arrived, the son […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A Puna woman has been charged for an incident involving a report of a gun near Keoneopoko Elementary School last week. Friday afternoon (Aug. 30), detectives charged 49-year-old Lokelani Lenore Harbrecht-Kalua with first-degree terroristic threatening. Her bail was set at $2,000. She was held at the Hilo police cellblock pending her initial court […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Two Hilo men are in police custody in connection with an incident over the weekend involving a car and a gun. At 2:37 p.m. Saturday, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a home on Laula Road in Hilo to a report that two men in a Honda sedan had tried to run two […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Big Island police are investigating a home invasion that occurred Monday night (July 9) in Hilo. Shortly after 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a home on Ainaola Drive in the upper Waiakea Uka area after receiving a report that two armed and masked men had confronted the occupants. Police learned a 72-year-old man […]

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Big Island detectives charged a 25-year-old Pāhoa man with multiple crimes of violence stemming from two separate incidents in Pāhoa. Wednesday (December 7) at 1:10 p.m., detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section charged Michael Dwayne Carvalho with one count each of third-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening.

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