Louis Kealoha likely to find it hard to visit wife in prison

• By Dan Nakaso
• July 3, 2019

Convicted former Police Chief Louis Kealoha likely will find it difficult to visit his wife in federal prison, where former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha is awaiting sentencing after the couple and two Honolulu Police Department officers were found guilty last week on corruption and obstruction charges. Read more

Kealoha attorney withdraws, citing ‘irretrievable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship’

• By Dan Nakaso
• July 2, 2019

Attorney Cynthia Kagiwada declared in a motion she filed today in U.S. District Court that her effort to withdraw from defending Katherine Kealoha “is made in the interest of justice.” Read more

Editorial: Disgraceful, arrogant actions by Kealohas, others are wake-up call on corruption

• June 30, 2019

Thursday’s lightning-fast verdicts against Honolulu’s former police chief and his wife, a former city deputy prosecutor, have forced Honolulu to confront an appalling culture of corruption in institutions presumed to be standing guard over law and order. Read more

Kealoha verdicts highlight need for ethical leaders in law enforcement

• By Rob Perez
• June 30, 2019

HPD already has made changes to address one reason the clandestine conspiracy among the law enforcement cabal was able to operate unimpeded for years. Read more

Katherine Kealoha to remain behind bars until all 3 cases against her are resolved

• By Dan Nakaso and Rob Perez
• June 29, 2019

Convicted former city Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha is in federal custody after being called “a walking crime spree” in court Friday. Read more

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell defends his ‘move on’ comments following Kealoha verdicts

• By Gordon Y.K. Pang
• June 29, 2019

Mayor Kirk Caldwell on Friday defended his comments suggesting the Honolulu Police Department, the city and Oahu residents “move on” following Thursday’s convictions of former Police Chief Louis Kealoha, his wife and former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha and two other police officers on federal conspiracy and corruption charges. Read more

Katherine Kealoha taken into custody; prosecutor calls her ‘a walking crime spree’

• By Dan Nakaso
• June 28, 2019

Federal Judge J. Michael Seabright made the decision after hearing arguments from Kealoha’s attorneys and prosecutors. Read more

Verdicts help restore faith in the system, many say

• By Rob Perez and Gordon Y.K. Pang
• June 28, 2019

The quick guilty verdicts in one of the state’s largest public corruption trials brought a wide range of reaction Thursday. Read more

Legal troubles not over for Kealohas

• By Nelson Daranciang
• June 28, 2019

Thursday’s verdict is not the end of the legal troubles for Louis and Katherine Kealoha. The couple faces two more trials. Read more

Katherine and Louis Kealoha are convicted of conspiracy and obstruction

• By Dan Nakaso, Rob Perez and Gordon Y.K. Pang
• June 28, 2019

Honolulu’s former Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were found guilty Thursday of framing a family member. Read more

Puana family: ‘Our losses have been tremendous’

• By The Puana family
• June 28, 2019

“On behalf of Florence Puana, Gerard Puana and the Puana Ohana. Read more

Reaction pours in after Kealoha guilty verdicts

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• June 27, 2019

Mayor Kirk Caldwell, the Puana family, HPD Chief Susan Ballard and others react to the conviction of four of the five defendants in the Kealoha corruption trial. Read more

Kealohas found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction

• June 27, 2019

Louis and Katherine Kealoha, 2 co-defendants found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction

• By Dan Nakaso and Rob Perez
• June 27, 2019

The jury reached a verdict in the Kealoha trial after its first full day of deliberations. Only retired HPD Maj. Gordon Shiraishi was acquitted of all charges. Read more

Jury starts deliberations in Kealoha corruption case

• By Rob Perez
• June 27, 2019

It’s now up to the jury. After listening to 16 days of testimony from 71 witnesses and three days of closing and rebuttal arguments by the lawyers, the 12-person jury in one of the largest public corruption cases in the state’s history began deliberations Wednesday afternoon. Read more

Kealoha mailbox case now in the hands of the jury

• By Rob Perez
• June 26, 2019

The 12-person jury left the courtroom about 1:40 p.m. to begin deliberations. Read more

‘Pinkerton Rule’ could hold key to Kealoha conspiracy case

• By Dan Nakaso
• June 26, 2019

Federal prosecutors and U.S. Chief Justice Judge J. Michael Seabright on Tuesday invoked a 73-year-old tax case against two brothers to link the Kealohas and their co-defendants to a conspiracy that began with the alleged theft of the Kealohas’ mailbox. Read more

Kealoha conspiracy case a story of ‘greed and manipulation,’ federal prosecutor says

• By Dan Nakaso and Rob Perez
• June 26, 2019

Federal prosecutors Tuesday told jurors that the conspiracy case against the Kealohas and their three fellow defendants was a story of “corruption, abuse of power, greed and manipulation.” Read more