Grand jury indicts suspect in Hawaii State Hospital homicide
An Oahu grand jury indicted Tommy Kekoa Carvalho, who was a patient at a transitional group home on the campus of the State Hospital in Kaneohe. Read more
An Oahu grand jury indicted Tommy Kekoa Carvalho, who was a patient at a transitional group home on the campus of the State Hospital in Kaneohe. Read more
The burn area is south of the Maui Humane Society and was estimated at 35 acres. Read more
A 56-year-old Waianae Coast pig farmer prevailed both in a state appeals court and district court over a landlord who took steps to evict him. Read more
Ninety-year-old Lino Tolentino woke up early with the stock market, paper trading in the mornings and taking daily walks in the afternoons with his granddaughter. Read more
HFD said two children were evaluated for smoke inhalation by Emergency Medical Services, but were not taken to the hospital. Read more
Community members will join to hold signs up and down the Waianae Coast today to try to bring an end to the long string of violence that has plagued the West Side. Read more
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Two brothers indicted on murder and attempted murder charges in a fatal Oct. 27 Kakaako shooting were arraigned in Circuit Court today. Read more
District 8 Crime Reduction Unit officers found and arrested Akana at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday in Nanakuli. Read more
The victim of a sword attack that occurred outside a Waikiki 7-Eleven store is scheduled to go on trial in an unrelated case in which he himself is accused of stabbing an elderly man in the heart, chest and face. Read more
The 76-year-old former coach and Mililani High School athletic director, who pleaded no contest in June to six theft charges and two counts of failure to report income for stealing money from the school’s athletic booster club, received no jail time for his crimes. Read more
The judge said that jail is not implicated because of the extreme guilt Nitta has. Read more
A March 15 Hawaii Supreme Court opinion has resulted in the delay of sentencing for Stephen Brown, who was convicted in January of the vicious 2017 North Shore murder of 51-year-old Telma Boinville. Read more
Perched in the hills above Mililani Mauka on her 128-acre estate, with a 6,000-square-foot home, lychee farm and native flora, Sharon Geary was on constant watch Monday as smoke billowed up from a wildland fire she estimated was less than a mile east-northeast of her home. Read more
The Hawaii Supreme Court expedited its schedule and dismissed Thursday the remaining outstanding legal challenge in the Kalima litigation by a class member found ineligible to receive compensation. Read more
Juan Baron’s attorney Myles Breiner told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Wednesday that he submitted a plea offer on behalf of his client following the firing of the deputy prosecutor on the case. Read more
Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota granted a stipulation Monday by the state and the defense that allowed Schweitzer to withdraw his guilty plea and vacate his conviction. Read more
A man indicted in the Feb. 16 attack in Laie that left a police officer with critical head injuries was found mentally fit Monday to proceed to trial on charges of first-degree attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Read more
Lenee Ongaro, arraigned Thursday in Circuit Court, pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree attempted murder of Jonah Merlene Hoopili on Oct. 5 in the driveway of a Waianae home by allegedly shooting at and striking her with a vehicle owned by a car dealership. Read more
The homeowner, who was not home at the time, reported seeing a man trying to break into his home on video surveillance and then damaging the surveillance system. Read more
J. Marte Martinez entered into a plea deal with the Department of the Attorney General, pleading guilty to two counts of tampering with a government record and two counts of unsworn falsification to authorities, which are all misdemeanors. Read more
A 24-year-old man who allegedly attacked another man Oct. 3 in the restroom of a Kapolei restaurant pleaded not guilty Monday to the charge of second- degree attempted murder. Read more