Witnesses in the state trial of a defendant accused of killing one man and injuring two others say former Delaware death row inmate Isaiah McCoy was involved in a 2017 shooting outside Club Alley Cat in Waikiki. Read more
One of two men accused of murder in connection with the vicious fatal beating of a homeless man in a vacant building near the Hawai‘i Convention Center last summer pleaded guilty in state court Tuesday to assault and has agreed to testify against his fellow defendant. Read more
A federal judge sentenced a 48-year-old Kauai woman to 2-1/2 years in prison for stealing $364,838 on the job at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands. Read more
A former Honolulu police sergeant claims he is being prosecuted in retaliation for arresting a convicted felon against the wishes of former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha. Read more
For many visitors to Hawaii, it was the idyllic, ukulele and steel-guitar music of early Hawaiian entertainers and later the romantic songs of some of Hawaii’s famous crooners that attracted them to the islands and helped them recall fond memories of their visit. Read more
A man who tried to buy his commercial driver’s license won’t be going to jail or prison, but he wasn’t able to avoid conviction. Read more
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A former tax processing assistant of a Honolulu accounting firm is going to federal prison for more than five years for using clients’ personal and financial information to steal from them. Read more
A government transportation official of the Federated States of Micronesia pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to conspiring to launder bribe money he accepted from the president of a Honolulu civil engineering company. Read more
Federal prosecutors say a retired Honolulu police officer arrested last month in an internet child sex sting operation has a history of prior sexual contact with minor children. Read more
Big Island police have arrested wanted fugitive Walter Gomes III. Read more
Honolulu police say a 30-year-old man who was suspected of shooting a motorist in Wahiawa was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Read more
A former ILWU Local 142 elected official admitted Thursday that he cashed his dead father’s Social Security benefit checks and failed to pay his federal income taxes. Read more
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry for this to happen. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. I’m so sorry,” Mark A. Coleman said at his sentencing. Read more
A retired Honolulu police officer is among four people the FBI arrested this past weekend in an internet child sex sting operation. Read more
A government official from the Federated States of Micronesia is scheduled to plead guilty in U.S. District Court next month to conspiring to launder bribe money he solicited from a Honolulu engineering contractor. Read more
The city has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a federal negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed over the death of Honolulu firefighter Cliff Rigsbee. Read more
Honolulu police are looking for the suspect in a shooting in Kapalama that left a man with two gunshot wounds in the leg. Read more
The former Kaiser High School parent recorded on cellphone video screaming at, challenging and threatening the school’s head football coach and a security attendant said in state court Thursday he’s embarrassed and remorseful for what he did. Read more
The parents of a former Kaiser High School football player confronted the varsity head coach minutes after their son showed up for — but did not participate in — team picture- taking, according to testimony in the trial of one of the parents. Read more
Former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha has gotten another trial delayed for medical reasons. This time it is to undergo treatment for an undisclosed cancer. Read more
A Leilani Estates resident captured on cellphone video in May firing gunshots over the head of another resident pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Read more
