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BJ Penn’s mother, Lorraine Shin, believes her son is suffering from “Capgras delusional syndrome,” a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member has been replaced by an identical imposter.

The Hawai’i Police Department is warning the public about the recent usage of counterfeit US $100 bills in East Hawai’i within the past week. The counterfeit bills were presented to retail employees in exchange for monetary goods.

Hawaiʻi Island police met with Kamehameha Schools administrators on Hawaiʻi Island, who reported that a former employee of the school embezzled more than $360,000 over a period of approximately three years.

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the body found in the ocean near the cliffs off Old Government Road in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision on Sunday, as 39-year-old Seth Kapiliokalani Waltjen, of Hilo.

Hawai‘i Island police detectives have identified the male driver in yesterday’s officer-involved-shooting as 32-year-old Kainoa Kahele-Bishop of Kailua-Kona.

Police recovered more than 150 pounds of lychee fruit with an estimated value of more than $1,200. Theft of agricultural products that have a value exceeding $100 or which weigh more than 25 pounds is a felony offense punishable by up to five years imprisonment.

The holiday season is finally here–and Hawaiʻi Island police are advising the public to take extra precautions against thieves. 

An elderly Hilo man was found dead about 20 feet down a lava tube in his yard on Monday. 

Police arrested and charged Wailani Kenui, Natasia Fontes, Bronson Oili, Lance Ishibashi, Kuuipo Kalani, Brandon Cabral, Jadelin Grammer, and Jason Mitchell with arrest warrants.

HPD is asking for the publicʻs assistance in locating 26-year-old Cody Araw of Pepeʻekeo. 

Hawai’i Island police are investigating the discovery of a body found off of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway yesterday morning.

Detectives are following up on new leads in the murder of 27-year-old Sean Burgado, whose body was found in his home in upper Waiākea Uka on May 21, 1997.

Hawaiʻi Island Police have identified the victim of yesterday’s officer-involved shooting on the Big Island as 30-year-old Tori M. Kaneshiro of Pāhoa.

Hawaiʻi Island police arrested four individuals after executing a search warrant at a home in Kamuela on Wednesday morning, July 11, 2018.

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 55-year-old Government Beach Road resident after he circumvented a traffic checkpoint and crashed his vehicle into a hardened lava flow which had crossed the road.

A Hawaiʻi Island Police Department employee has since retired after being placed on administrative leave following an investigation into missing drug evidence.

Social media comments inferring the threat of gun violence at Big Island schools at the end of January “spiraled out of control, causing concern for parents,” Hawaiʻi Police Department Puna Patrol Area I Capt. Samuel Jelsma told Maui Now’s sister site, Big Island Now this morning.

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a 49-year-old Puna man for attempted murder in connection with a shooting incident in Puna on Sunday, July 30, 2017.

The victim that was struck by the suspect vehicle, a 54-year-old male from Kea‘au, was taken to the Hilo Medical Center where he was treated and later released.

Hawaiʻi County Police say they have received information that two inmates who escaped from Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center on Wednesday allegedly intend to rob a bank.