Recent high-profile cases of child torture and neglect that led to the deaths of two children on Oahu have sharpened the focus for police officers and prosecuting attorneys pushing Hawaii lawmakers to pass a bill that would codify torture and outline punishment. Read more
A Honolulu police officer with a history of arrests for violating restraining orders brought by the mothers of his five children was arrested Thursday for allegedly violating a temporary restraining order. Read more
A 35-year-old Washington man will plead guilty to charges that he tried to sell more than 4,000 fentanyl pills on Hawaii island in December 2022, according to federal court documents. Read more
The East-West Center is bracing for impact from potential elimination of federal government support under President Donald Trump’s plan to cut the State Department’s funding by half next fiscal year. Read more
The 47-year-old leader of a Waianae gang Opens in a new tab that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison. Read more
A 45-year-old registered sex offender was ordered held without bail Thursday after he allegedly admitted to collecting child pornography because of “an addiction” he has to feed to avoid abusing children. Read more
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A Pearl City woman is facing federal criminal charges after allegedly posting more than 200 social media threats to kill the president of the United States as a way to draw attention to being a victim of human trafficking. Read more
In the first-ever look at the number of people licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Hawaii, the state Department of the Attorney General announced Wednesday that 2,207 people can pack in public, about 0.2% of the state’s resident population age 20 or older. Read more
As of Dec. 31, 2,207 people held a license, about 2 percent of the state’s resident population age 20 or older, according to a news release. Read more
A five-year veteran of the Honolulu Police Department had his police powers suspended after he allegedly pulled information about the investigation into the deadly Jan. 1 Aliamanu fireworks explosion and gave it to suspects. Read more
A 46-year-old Maui anesthesiologist pleaded not guilty Monday to allegations that he tried to kill his wife on an Oahu hiking trail after accusing her of cheating on him in December. Read more
The man is described as a Filipino in his 30s, standing at 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds. Read more
A 22-year-old New Jersey man is facing a robbery charge after he allegedly kept a 78-year-old woman in her car for four days without food and threatened to kill her if she didn’t drain her bank accounts and give him the money. Read more
A Mexican man deported from the United States four times and charged with using an assault rifle while dealing methamphetamine and heroin in Hawaii was sentenced Thursday to more than 12 years in federal prison. Read more
Cpl. Adell Anderson’s widow, in a March 29 letter to Seabright, wrote that her “heart is shattered by the loss of the man I envisioned building a life with; we were robbed of the simple joys of starting a family, exploring new places, and growing old together.” Read more
Juan Carlos Espinoza Lopez, 49, had been deported four times but returned to the United States. Read more
No firearms or other weapons were recovered, police said. Read more
A second person wanted in connection with a March 16 shootout in Waikiki that shattered a store window and rattled the community turned himself in Tuesday. Read more
A police officer, a 4-year-old child and two other people were taken to a hospital Wednesday after speeding contributed to a crash that caused several collisions on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli, according to the Honolulu Police Department. Read more
At about 8:40 a.m., a “critical multi-vehicle collision” occurred on Farrington Highway near Helelua Street in Nanakuli. Read more
Dustin Hill, 24, was indicted May 16 on one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Read more
