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The information was shared as Maui Now inquired about five separate missing persons cases involving adult men in the East Maui area recently. The cases were reported over a span of 10 months, and the list of missing includes both residents and visitors ranging in age from 40-61. Assistant Chief Gregg Okamoto with the Maui Police Department said none of the cases are linked, and there is no suspicion of foul play involved. He said each case is being actively investigated separately as there is no indication that they are related.

On April 2, 2022, CALEA awarded accreditation status to the department for the ninth time. The department received its first accreditation in August of 1996.

The Maui Police Department announced the promotion of Randy Esperanza to Assistant Chief of Investigative Services and Gregg Okamoto to Assistant Chief of Support Services.

Maui police have launched an arson investigation into fires that destroyed a home and burned a derelict vehicle in Kula. Maui police said, “any connection between the arson investigation and murder would be speculation,” but have called the fires “suspicious.”

Maui police arrested a man for allegedly using his van to intentionally run over a 47-year-old man who was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in Kahului.

Tonight’s edition of the Mayor’s television show entitled “Your County with Mayor Arakawa,” will feature Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu and MPD Public Information Officer Lieutenant Gregg Okamoto.