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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
Police said the incident happened at about 10:37 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Safeway on Keaunui Drive in Ewa Beach. Read more
He was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Read more
The incident occurred near Rose and Linapuni streets at around 10:30 p.m. Read more
The prosecutor’s office said it has received 39 cases of assault on a law enforcement officer so far this year from the Honolulu Police Department. Read more
Police said at about 10:08 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, the two suspects entered the store, then allegedly left with concealed merchandise. Read more
Gibran Copeland, the homeless man indicted on murder and firearm charges in the Sept. 9 death of his girlfriend, whose body was found in a Manoa storm drain, asked an Oahu Circuit Court judge that bail be set in his case. Read more
A Honolulu police officer shot and injured an 18-year-old man Sunday night before arresting him on suspicion of attempted murder at a Waipahu home. Read more
The 60-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing 22-year-old Kashka Otto, a worker at the Nanakuli Wendy’s, and seriously injuring the 44-year-old restaurant manager, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that, if he is convicted, could result in a life sentence without parole. Read more
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Defendant Gibran Copeland, who is homeless, was arraigned today before Judge Ronald Johnson and appeared by video teleconferencing from OCCC. Read more
Judge Ronald Johnson ordered that Reynaldo Cheney, 60, be held without bail. Read more
The suspect, who was seriously injured, has been arrested for suspicion of second-degree attempted murder. Read more
Cho was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening on Saturday. Read more
A more than 20-year state initiative to replace Oahu’s overcrowded and deplorable jail in Kalihi is being positioned for a big push forward next year. Read more
Officers found the man walking on Mamalahoa Highway carrying what appeared to be a rifle and disarmed him without incident. Read more
Police remind the public that anyone who finds unexploded ordnance should leave it in place, leave the property, and call 911 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
A cause and origin report from Maui County and the federal government concluded the Lahaina fire started when downed power lines were reenergized in overgrown vegetation that violated the county fire code. Read more
Raita Fukusaku, 59, was convicted in 1995 of shooting and killing well-known Japanese fortuneteller Toako “Kototome” Fujita and her son Goro. Read more
