Drift racer gets 1-year term for seriously injuring bicyclist on Tantalus Drive
The state had recommended the maximum five-year prison term for first-degree negligent injury. Read more
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Ex-HPD officer’s statements can be used against him, judge rules
The government says retired Honolulu police officer James Dean Kalani Goeas told a FBI polygrapher that he had sex multiple times with a 15-year-old a boy whom he met on the internet while still employed by the Honolulu Police Department. Read more
Defense lawyer Myles Breiner levels more accusations against Honolulu Deputy Prosecutor Emlyn Higa
Defense lawyer Myles Breiner says the deputy prosecutor who admitted shoving him tried to have a relationship with a woman who was the complaining witness in two domestic violence cases he was prosecuting, drafted legal documents for her civil case while he was still working as a Maui deputy prosecutor, went to her home in the middle of the night while drunk and assaulted her adult son. Read more
Hired thug admits to 2017 kidnapping
A convicted methamphetamine trafficker who was scheduled to stand trial next month on more drug trafficking charges has admitted that he was also a hired henchman responsible for the 2017 abduction of a 72-year-old Honolulu businessman. Read more
Former death-row inmate ejected from Honolulu courtroom
Former death row inmate Isaiah McCoy was denied bail Thursday after getting removed from court during an outburst against the judge. Read more
Former death row inmate Isaiah McCoy delivers courtroom tirade
A state judge had McCoy removed from the courtroom this afternoon as McCoy was delivering his rant. Read more
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Deputy prosecutor ordered to keep distance from defense lawyer
A state judge handed down an order Tuesday prohibiting a deputy prosecutor, who admits that he shoved defense lawyer Myles Breiner in a state courthouse hallway, from approaching or interacting with Breiner. Read more
Hawaii federal judge refuses to throw out statement in cash-smuggling case
Felina Salinas said a suitcase containing $335,000 in undeclared cash seized from a private jet headed to the Philippines was hers. Read more
Judge revokes bail of man accused of Mililani stabbing
A state judge revoked bail Thursday for a 46-year-old man accused of repeatedly stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend as the couple’s teenage daughter tried to pull her mother away. Read more
EPA preparing to remove elevated lead concentrations in various areas on Factory Street in Kalihi
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to remove the soil under Factory Street in Kalihi “to abate the potential imminent and substantial endangerment posed by lead contamination to this densely populated neighborhood,” and says it can begin the work as soon as Monday. Read more
Murder defendant pleads no contest to manslaughter
A Kahaluu property owner who was charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old man who was a tenant pleaded no contest in state court today to manslaughter in a plea deal with the state. Read more
Texas buyer sues seller of illegal Portlock vacation rental
A Texas man who bought a home in Portlock earlier this year for $2.3 million as an investment is suing the seller and broker for not disclosing that he cannot legally rent out the property for periods shorter than 30 days. Read more
Maui bookkeeper gets 43 months for stealing from plant nursery
After her boss fired her in 2016 for stealing more than $1 million from the Kihei plant nursery where she worked as its bookkeeper, Thelma Pascua-Suyat withdrew the last $1,500 that was in the company’s bank account, Ki-Hana Nursery owner Louis Scott Walsh told a federal judge Monday. Read more
Court rules against feds in bribery claim case
A possible precedent- setting ruling by a federal judge in Honolulu means charges against a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracting officer accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes may have to be dismissed. Read more
Honolulu deputy prosecutor admits to shoving defense lawyer
A Honolulu deputy prosecutor told a state judge Thursday that he shoved defense lawyer Myles Breiner but only after Breiner called him a “piece of s—-.” Read more
State declines to charge Maui police officer
The Maui prosecutor has decided not to file charges against a Maui police officer accused of promising women to help them with their pending criminal cases in exchange for sex. Read more
Former Honolulu police officer pleads guilty in urinal case
Reginald Ramones, 43, faces a prison term of up to three years when he is sentenced in February. Read more
Former Army medic pleads guilty to arranging wife’s murder
Former Tripler Army Medical Center medic Michael Walker admits that he arranged for his lover to kill his wife while he was at work, but says he was still shocked when he found his wife’s lifeless body in the couple’s home at Aliamanu Military Reservation. Read more
Former Tripler hospital medic admits to arranging wife’s murder at Aliamanu home
Michael Walker pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting Ailsa Jackson, who pleaded guilty to murder in 2015 and was scheduled to testify against Walker in trial. Read more
Former employees indicted for alleged scam with paychecks
Two former employees of the company that operates a hotel for military members and their families in Wahiawa are accused of collecting extra paychecks from the company. Read more
Defense lawyer accuses deputy prosecutor of assault
Lawyers can get zealous at times when representing their clients or clients’ interests, but one deputy prosecutor may have gone too far. Read more
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