The latest news coverage about disgraced Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and former Honolulu deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha.
The family of Florence Puana, whose videotaped testimony in federal court helped convict her granddaughter and Honolulu’s former police chief before her death, has decided to hold a private memorial service for Puana because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
On the eve of sentencing hearings for Katherine and Louis Kealoha, the U.S. District Court postponed the proceedings to a date “to be determined” — a move attributed to the state of emergency surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Sentencing hearings for Katherine and Louis Kealoha, scheduled for Tuesday have been postponed to a date “to be determined.” Read more
The Kealohas are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Read more
The Honolulu Police Department has stripped police authority from the half brother of former Chief Louis Kealoha, following an altercation in the early morning hours over the weekend. Read more
Louis Kealoha is free on bail pending sentencing next month on conspiracy and obstruction charges. He is seeking a divorce from his wife, Katherine Kealoha, a former deputy prosector, who awaits sentencing from jail. Read more
Among all of the damning evidence and testimony that brought down Louis and Katherine Kealoha was the sad and compelling videotaped deposition of Florence M. Puana, who died Thursday at the age of 100. Read more
Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced a year ago that City Corporation Counsel Donna Leong was granted paid administrative leave from her post after receiving a target letter from the U.S. Department of Justice. Read more
One of the terms of the severance agreement requires Kealoha to repay the money to the city if he was convicted or pleaded guilty or no contest to a state or federal felony within seven years of the deal’s execution. Read more
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Acting city prosecuting attorney Dwight Nadamoto said today he will comply with a federal subpoena as investigators continue to look into the prosecutor’s office. Read more
Nearly $700,000 in public money has been spent on attorney fees and other related expenses for the court-appointed defenses of Katherine and Louis Kealoha and a police officer in their public corruption prosecutions. And the total is expected to climb higher. Read more
Katherine Kealoha’s uncle and 100-year-old grandmother will have their day in court, again. Read more
Retired Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his former deputy prosecutor wife, Katherine Kealoha, will have to wait 5-1/2 more months to learn their fates. Read more
Retired Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his former deputy prosecutor wife Katherine Kealoha will learn how much time they will spend in federal prison in March. Read more
As the saying goes, hindsight has 20-20 vision, and things that might seem obvious now may not have been known or even imagined at the time the decision was made. Read more
The city said Wednesday it plans to demand that former police Chief Louis Kealoha repay the $250,000 severance he received upon retirement in 2017 now that Kealoha has been convicted of multiple felonies and waived his right to appeal. Read more
Honolulu’s long nightmare with the Kealoha case has come to an end — or at least to a new crossroads. Read more
Once one of Oahu’s preeminent power couples, Louis and Katherine Kealoha’s stunning fall from grace continued Tuesday with both pleading guilty to additional federal charges. Read more
A federal jury in June found the Kealohas and two HPD officers guilty of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a separate case. Read more
Louis and Katherine Kealoha are scheduled to appear in court today to plead guilty to federal felony charges as part of separate plea agreements, ending a years-long prosecution that toppled one of Oahu’s most prominent power couples. Read more
As part of the plea deals, the Kealohas are agreeing to cooperate with investigators. Read more
