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The Honolulu Police Department’s Professional Standards Office is conducting an administrative investigation of the officers involved to determine whether department policies and procedures were violated. Read more
Joshua Allen Sheen was arrested at 10:40 a.m. Monday when he walked into the Pahoa Police Station to speak with an officer about an unrelated matter. Read more
Sidney Tafokitau, 44, told a relative he would never go back to prison and was shot 23 times by police after he opened fire and wounded two officers on University Avenue. Read more
On Dec. 3, 2023, banana farm employee Albert Harry Pacheco, 68, was found dead in a vehicle on the Hilo farm. Read more
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Hawaii, announced Tuesday that no determination of foul play or suicide has been made in the death of Honolulu businessman and crime boss Michael J. Miske Jr. Read more
Park officials said the incident occurred at about 9:20 a.m. within park boundaries at the intersection of Highway 11 and the road to Namakanipaio Campground. Read more
A 50-year-old Aiea woman with an extensive criminal history who is a suspect in a September hit-and-run pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to steal a check and credit card number from a man in his 90s. Read more
Dixie Villa, the babysitter found guilty of manslaughter in the Benadryl overdose death of 7-month-old infant Abigail Lobisch, is asking for a new trial, saying the child’s mother lied about sleeping with her baby and that an unknown witness has came forward. Read more
At about 8:58 p.m. three men, ages, 27, 26 and 29, and a fourth suspect “unlawfully entered a residence and brandished a firearm, demanding property.” Read more
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Honolulu businessman Michael J. Miske Jr., 50, was found dead Sunday at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu, where he had been held since his arrest in 2020 and was awaiting sentencing in January. Read more
Sources have confirmed with the Honolulu Star-Advertiser as of noon, but his cause of death has not been confirmed. Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the public to remain vigilant against an “uptick in scams targeting holiday shoppers and charitable donors.” Read more
Sonny “Junya” Puerto of Kurtistown was found guilty by a jury July 30 of the Class B felony offense, which also requires him to register as a sex offender. Read more
The Honolulu Fire Department responded with five units at 12:21 a.m. Read more
Three of the four suspects involved in the incident have been identified and arrested through tips from the public and the efforts of HPD detectives and officers. Read more
Federal prosecutors agreed to allow Hall to remain at the Sand Island Treatment Center until he is sentenced March 27. Read more
Lowell Thomas Pofahl is charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault on a person 60 or older, use of a firearm in the commission of a separate felony, and domestic abuse. Read more
HPD crime statistics show 545 robberies on Oahu in 2024 as of Oct. 24, compared with 558 at that same time last year. Read more
The 34-year-old man who was arrested has 26 prior arrests and citations. Read more
What the family “needs most in this difficult time” is for all communities to rally around them with support, compassion and prayers, the statement said. Read more
The altercation occurred around 10:25 p.m. and escalated into an attack, police said. Read more
