A 29-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for the Aug. 12, 2020, fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man who was working the door of an illegal Ala Moana gambling den. Read more
A 29-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole today for the Aug. 12, 2020 shooting death of a 31-year-old man who was working the door of an illegal Ala Moana gambling den. Read more
It took a year to update the website for the first time since 2011, and users will be able to view it on smartphones, tablets or laptops. Read more
The Elder Abuse Branch of the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is handling the case. Because the victim is older than 60, the 26-year-old Bigornia may receive a longer prison sentence if convicted. Read more
The two men, ages 25 and 29, were arrested on suspicion of racing on highways and traveling over 30 mph faster than the posted speed limit, according to HPD. Read more
The suspect was arrested by Honolulu Police Department officers at 1060 Kamehameha Highway at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Read more
Stay in touch with top news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It's FREE!
A 54-year-old career criminal arrested in January for breaking into the Oahu Country Club is in federal custody after he was charged with a firearm offense following a traffic collision. Read more
Lindani Sanele Myeni, 29, was shot four times by police on April 14, 2021, after he fought with officers who responded to a 911 call from a renter at on Coelho Way. Read more
Hawaii’s congressional delegation will have to work for federal resources for Hawaii with the White House and U.S. Senate, and possibly the House, controlled by Republicans. Read more
At about 7:40 a.m. the man allegedly boarded a city bus, struck the bus driver several times and pulled on the bus steering wheel. Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening legal action against the city and the Honolulu Police Department over the “unconstitutional” arrest of an impaired-driving suspect who tested negative for alcohol. Read more
A trial has been delayed for four Honolulu police officers accused of causing a car chase, crash and covering it up in September 2021. Read more
A Honolulu man and two others face federal charges in connection with a six-year scheme starting in 2018 to provide more than 200 fraudulent visa application recommendations for citizens of Afghanistan to live in the U.S. — accepting $500 each, and emeralds in one instance. Read more
No criminal charges will result from the state investigation into the wildfires that leveled Lahaina, killed 102 people and destroyed Maui’s visitor industry, according to state Attorney General Anne E. Lopez. Read more
Detractors show up every day at Honolulu Hale and Kapolei Hale to vote in person and to loudly complain about Hawaii’s mail-in ballot process, which voters overwhelmingly prefer. Read more
A 52-year-old caterer from New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a man sitting next to him on a Hawaiian Airlines Flight to Honolulu in August 2023. Read more
HPD is looking for whoever fired at least three shots at the car as it drove near Mayor Wright Homes. Read more
The leader of a heavily armed Honolulu drug trafficking organization that marketed deadly fentanyl-laced mixes of opioids, heroin and methamphetamine will serve 30 years in federal prison. Read more
A 44-year-old homeless man was indicted on a charge of murder by an Oahu grand jury Tuesday after his 50-year-old girlfriend’s bullet-riddled body was found Sept. 13 in a Manoa storm drain. Read more
He is being held without bail at the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Read more
A Japanese national convicted in the 1994 shooting deaths of a psychic and her son was allegedly stabbed to death in the Halawa Correctional Facility early Monday morning by his 38-year-old cellmate. Read more
