A 48-year-old Kona man will spend nearly five years in federal prison and must pay back more than $1.2 million he conned 42 teachers and friends into investing in a fake online lei business to feed his lavish Las Vegas gambling habit.
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A 38-year-old man allegedly disabled and awarded $12.5 million after he sued the city following a traumatic brain injury resulting from a police pursuit was charged Monday in connection with a shooting in Kapolei.
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He allegedly fired a gun in a residential area near the Ewa Makai Middle School.
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A Kona man who bilked 45 investors in his online lei business out of $1.2 million to fuel a high-stakes gambling habit in Las Vegas is asking a federal judge to sentence him Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison.
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A 44-year-old former office associate with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186 has been charged with felony theft for allegedly embezzling $44,367 in union dues.
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Police, firefighters, paramedics and emergency management officials on Oahu are modifying operations to prepare for the possibility that Hawaiian Electric must shut off power to reduce wildfire risks.
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Ethan Etsione Taumua did “intentionally or knowingly cause the death of Richie Kony” and was charged with second-degree murder, according to state court documents.
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Lawyer Michael D. Rudy made a public plea to the officers to “identify themselves and turn themselves in to internal affairs.”
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Maui County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against wireless service providers for not notifying it of network outages or providing delayed, incomplete information while emergency management officials tried to send evacuation alerts during the Aug. 8 wildfires, which killed at least 101.
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A 20-year-old man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man Tuesday night at the Towers at Kuhio Park turned himself in at the Kalihi police station Wednesday.
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Seniors in Hawaii over 60 years of age lost nearly $28 million last year to fraud schemes targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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“Throughout its emergency response on Aug. 8 and Aug. 9, 2023, the County was not aware of these widespread failures,” according to the complaint.
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Hawaiian Electric hopes to introduce its plan at the end of the month, with a targeted implementation date of July 1.
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A Waianae man faces multiple criminal charges and a Thursday court date for barricading himself in his home for 17 hours on April 18 and allegedly firing arrows at law enforcement officers and stabbing a Honolulu police dog.
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After a 10-hour standoff with police, the suspect surrendered and was arrested at 4:41 a.m. Sunday on suspicion of kidnapping.
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The missing forms are a key component in the first phase of findings released on April 17 by the state Attorney General in the investigation of how the Maui wildfires were handled.
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Honolulu police are looking for a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with a Tuesday night shooting in Nanakuli.
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An internal investigation is ongoing nearly five months after Honolulu police allegedly hit a man with a car before beating him and his son during a New Year’s Day manhunt and shootouts with an attempted murder suspect.
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At about 8:40 p.m. last night, a 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old man told police their friend got into a fight with another man.
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A federal magistrate judge ordered prominent Hawaii businessman and political donor Dennis Mitsunaga to remain jailed for the duration of his public corruption trial because of alleged witness tampering.
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Mitsunaga, the founder of a local engineering and architectural firm, is on trial for allegedly bribing former city Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro with campaign contributions.
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