Crime Statistics

Melvin R. Johnson Jr. was arrested for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant on Saturday night.

Starting this Thursday July 2, and continuing through the Fourth of July Weekend, the Maui Police Department Traffic Division will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols at various locations to address impaired driving over the holiday weekend.

The launch comes ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend as police implement sobriety checkpoints and other units continue to enforce COVID-related safety measures.

One resident was doing carpentry work at the home of an elderly woman. State officials say the woman, who is in a high-risk category, “was incensed” upon learning the man was being arrested for quarantine violation.

Maui police responded to 7 burglaries, 6 vehicle thefts and 10 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 21 to June 27, 2020. 

Maui police responded to 7 burglaries, 7 vehicle thefts and 6 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 14 to June 20, 2020.

Red flags that the caller might be an impersonator include asking for your Social Security Number, bank information, or a form of payment.

Maui police responded to 8 burglaries, 5 vehicle thefts and 8 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 7 to June 13, 2020.

Over the nearly two month period (between April 15 and June 12, 2020) eight arrests were made in Maui County for violating Hawaiʻi’s Rules and Orders, pertaining to the 14 Day Quarantine. In addition to the arrests, there were eight other individuals that were contacted by police regarding quarantine, who voluntarily returned home.

Hawaiʻi Island Police arrested and charged 21 visitors for violating the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine order in violation of Governor David Ige’s 7th Supplementary Proclamation and Mayor Harry Kim’s Emergency Rule No. 4, related to the COVID-19 Emergency.

Maui police responded to 9 burglaries, 6 vehicle thefts and 7 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from May 31 to June 6, 2020.

Maui police have launched a second degree attempted murder and criminal property damage investigation into an incident in Mauna Loa on Molokaʻi involving an altercation between a motorist and a man with a dirt bike.

Three people were arrested in Waikīkī for violating Hawaiʻi’s 14-day quarantine for individuals arriving from out-of-state.

Maui police responded to 12 burglaries, 8 vehicle thefts and 19 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from May 24 to May 30, 2020.

Maui police responded to 17 burglaries, 11 vehicle thefts and 9 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from May 17 to May 23, 2020.

The arrest stems from a June 2, 2020 motor vehicle collision at 10:35 p.m., fronting 175 East Līpoa Street, involving a pedestrian and a truck that allegedly fled the area.  

Police say Maui County’s total index crime rate in 2019 was the lowest on record since the state began collecting data in 1975. The number of reported crimes increased for five Index Crime categories: robbery (67 cases), +26.4%; aggravated assault (271 cases), +3%; theft (3,746 incidents), +2.9%; and arson (128 cases), +4.9%.

Maui police have closed a portion of East Līpoa Road in Kīhei between Liloa Road and Kupalaiki Loop (makai) due to an ongoing police investigation. Motorists are asked to avoid the area if possible.

The Maui Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating 36-year-old Joaquin Pelayo of California. Police say Pelayo has allegedly violated the mandatory 14-day travel quarantine by indicating he would be staying at a Kīhei home, however he has not been located.

Maui police say new processing of evidence in a two-decade-old Maui murder cold case is “significant.” Anthony Moreno was arrested in December 2019 in Florida for the 2000 murder of Kimberly Belluomini at her residence in Kīhei on Maui.