The president of Honolulu civil engineering company Lyon Associates Inc. and former Honolulu Zoning Board of Appeals member Frank James Lyon is going to federal prison for paying bribes for government contracts. Read more
An 80-year-old Hilo woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Monday to conspiring with her daughter, granddaughter and others to fraudulently obtain powerful painkillers and other prescription drugs that the government says the women sold to drive-up customers who came from their house. Read more
A federal judge sentenced a man who operates a physical therapy clinic in Aiea to 3-1/2 years in prison Thursday for overbilling his clients’ health insurers by nearly $3.8 million. Read more
A state jury found the mother and son who operated a no-kill animal rescue shelter on their property in Makaha guilty Thursday of misdemeanor animal cruelty. Read more
A state jury found David “Lanny” Moore and his mother, June Moore, guilty of misdemeanor animal cruelty in connection with the seizure of more than 300 dogs from the Friends forLife no-kill animal shelter in Makaha. Read more
The parent whose angry on-campus tirade cut short the Kaiser High School football team’s 2017-2018 season is not going to jail for assaulting and harassing the head football coach, threatening a vice principal and harassing a campus security officer. Read more
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A state judge heard two widely different descriptions of a woman who died of multiple stab wounds to her head and body while confined to her bed with a leg injury. Read more
A state judge sentenced a defendant who was 16 years old when he fatally stabbed his bed-bound adopted mother to eight years in prison this afternoon for manslaughter. Read more
Kealohas were spending more than they earned according to court documents filed by federal prosecutors ahead of the Kealohas’ trial. Read more
His alleged victim didn’t know his full name, but authorities were able to arrest him when he showed up at her school play. Read more
The city Department of the Prosecuting Attorney hired one of convicted felon Michael Miske’s companies while it was investigating and prosecuting the Honolulu businessman for felony assault and criminal property damage, according to an internal email disclosed by former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha. Read more
The judge in a state animal cruelty trial ordered a defense witness released from custody Thursday after the witness apologized for making a comment in court that could be interpreted as a threat. Read more
Former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha’s 99-year-old grandmother answered questions under oath for 6-1/2 hours Tuesday to preserve her testimony in case she is not available for Kealoha’s trial next month. Read more
Honolulu police Sgt. Daniel Sellers said Monday in U.S. District Court that he knew he wasn’t supposed to share information he learned from his investigation of an alleged mailbox theft with then-deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, but did it to help her out as a friend. Read more
A federal judge sentenced Sgt. Daniel Sellers to a year of probation for misdemeanor unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, fined him $2,500 and ordered him to perform 80 hours of community service. Read more
Last week’s shooting in Punaluu was an execution, Deputy Prosecutor Roy Kwon told a state judge Thursday after an Oahu grand jury returned a murder indictment against the accused shooter. Read more
He was driving two other men to Heeia Kea Small Boat Harbor when they pulled a gun on him, bound him and put him in the back of his sport utility vehicle Read more
The operator of a no-kill animal rescue shelter in Makaha is not responsible for the condition of the dogs seized from his family’s property in 2016 because people dropped off their old, sick and injured pets at the shelter at all hours of the day, oftentimes anonymously, the operator’s lawyer told a state jury. Read more
The man accused of carjacking a 22-year-old woman at knifepoint earlier this month held his victim against her will for more than four hours, during which time he bound, gagged and blindfolded her and took her to a beach where he sexually assaulted and tried to drown her, Deputy Prosecutor Rochelle Vidinha told a state judge Wednesday after the man was indicted on multiple felony charges. Read more
One of two detainees who escaped from Maui Community Correctional Center early Sunday remains at large. Read more
An Ewa Elementary School A+ leader is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old former student. Read more
