Kauaʻi police believe the pilot is 69-year-old Paul Metro of Wailua, and identified two of the six passengers as 47-year-old Amy Gannon and 13-year-old Jocelyn Gannon of Wisconsin. 

The Maui Police Department today announced the promotion of Detective Jeraul Pladera to the rank of Lieutenant.  Pladera is a 17-year police veteran, most recently serving with the Wailuku Criminal Investigation Division. Pladera began his career with the Kauai Police Department before transferring to the MPD in August of 1994.  He was assigned to the... Read more »

(Posted by Wendy OSHER © 2009) A test of the state’s MAILE AMBER Alert system will be conducted on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 11:45 am. The MAILE AMBER acronym stands for Minor Abducted in Life-threatening Emergency and America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response. The test will originate from the Kauai Police Department LÄ«hu’e headquarters and broadcast... Read more »

BIG ISLAND POLICE BRIEFS: BODY OF WOMAN FOUND FLOATING IDENTIFIED Hawaii Police Department Detectives have identified a woman found floating near the Hilo breakwater on December 28, 2008. She has been positively identified as 56-year-old Debra Giamario of  Hilo. On Thursday, January 8, an acquaintance of Giamario’s initiated a missing person report stating that the woman had... Read more »