A lieutenant of alleged Hawaii crime boss Michael J. Miske Jr. was an oxycodone addict who sold methamphetamine while on federal probation and working as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, defense attorneys established Thursday.
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A man with 14 felony convictions was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his ex-girlfriend repeatedly in the head and neck and cutting his daughter in 2019.
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The man shot and killed by police Jan. 25 after allegedly wielding a knife and refusing to get off of Farrington Highway was identified Wednesday.
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Brandan Shae Maroney, 35, died of multiple gun shot wounds and the manner of his death was homicide, according to the city Department of the Medical Examiner.
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The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney is investigating Thursday’s fatal shooting by a police officer in Makaha while the Honolulu Police Department also works to determine whether the man was armed when he lunged at officers.
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Honolulu police are looking for a man driving a white van who allegedly tried to capture a Mililani Mauka Elementary student Friday, according to the state Department of Education.
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Anyone with information about the incidents is urged to call police.
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A Honolulu police officer fatally shot a man twice in the chest Thursday morning in Makaha after he lunged at officers after brandishing a knife and refusing to get off of Farrington Highway.
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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi “could not be anymore dissatisfied” with what he called the Honolulu Police Department’s “failing” communication efforts, saying officers don’t get to make up their own rules about what the public needs to know.
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Officers first used a Taser on the man, but that failed to stop him and he lunged at officers who opened fire, according to sources.
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A former employee of Michael J. Miske’s businesses testified Wednesday that his boss used violence to get his way and helped him coordinate the kidnapping of an accountant.
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Allegations of domestic abuse leveled by an ex- girlfriend of former Honolulu City Council Chair Ikaika Anderson were dismissed Tuesday by an Oahu Circuit Court judge.
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Alleged Hawaii crime lord Michael J. Miske Jr. will stand trial alone after the last of his alleged co-conspirators entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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All parties in the suit agreed not to make any additional comments about the terms of the settlement.
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When the outgoing human rights director for the National Security Council was a scholarship student at the University of Hawaii, he thought about dropping out.
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A man initially identified by police as a possible suspect in the New Year’s Day pursuit and shootouts sued the city Tuesday alleging officers hit him with a car before beating him.
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A man who was allegedly run over and beaten by police officers during the New Year’s Day pursuit and shootouts with a felon, is suing the Honolulu Police Department in federal court.
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A former Oahu public school teacher awaiting trial on state allegations that he sexually assaulted a student was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing child pornography in the same case.
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In the aftermath of the New Year’s Day-long manhunt and firefights that left a felon dead and two officers hospitalized, Honolulu police are establishing a 24/7 system for notifying the public of active threats.
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Two Honolulu police officers shot by a 44-year-old felon making his last stand after a daylong manhunt went home from the hospital this week.
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The officers were shot by Sidney Tafokitau, who led police on an island-wide chase before being killed in a shootout.
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