The latest news coverage about disgraced Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and former Honolulu deputy prosecutor Katherine Kealoha.
Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Pinkerton Rule,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Orabona told jurors, “if you’re in for an inch, you’re in for the mile. You’re in for the whole thing.” Read more
An overflow crowd is expected today when government and defense attorneys give closing arguments in the corruption and conspiracy trial of Katherine and Louis Kealoha and three co- defendants. Read more
Richard Farina usually sits on one side of the courtroom, pj Silva on the other. Until recently, the two retirees didn’t know each other. Read more
A grainy video became a focal point on the final day of testimony Thursday in the so-called mailbox case. Read more
The final three witnesses testified today in the conspiracy trial of Louis and Katherine Kealoha and three co-defendants, ending 16 days of testimony from nearly 80 people. Read more
Louis Kealoha was given a $20,000 discount for the installation of 26 solar panels at his Kahala home in 2013 as a favor to a police officer who worked part time for the solar contractor and because Kealoha was the police chief, according to the contractor. Read more
Prosecutors expect to call several rebuttal witnesses Thursday morning, and closing arguments are scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Read more
Will she or won’t she? The question of whether Katherine Kealoha — the central figure in the ongoing public corruption and conspiracy trial — will testify on her own behalf was left unanswered after her lawyers called seven witnesses Tuesday to present her defense. Read more
This is the 14th day of the high-profile trial, one of the largest public corruption cases in Hawaii history. Read more
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In denying the defense motions, the judge said he’s never known of a case in which there was a written agreement to commit the conspiracy. Read more
Kaneshiro has been on paid leave from his $170,712-a-year job as city prosecutor since March 7. Read more
There’s a reason the only recent news images of former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, show the couple outside the U.S. District Court building, where they are on trial for federal conspiracy and corruption charges. Read more
There will be no court sessions next week. Federal prosecutors said that they plan to call a handful of final witnesses and might be able to conclude their case June 17, the day the trial resumes, or by the morning of June 18. Read more
Much of today’s testimony focused on the nonexistent notary public “Allison Lee Wong.” Read more
A handwriting expert testified Thursday that someone forged two signatures of Katherine Kealoha’s uncle on a revocable living trust document in his name. Read more
Gerard Puana was convinced that a team of Honolulu police officers was following him — to a party in Kailua, to Manoa Marketplace, and constantly driving around his house. Read more
The Kealohas have pleaded not guilty to charges including obstruction and conspiracy. Read more
Florence M. Puana, a 99-year-old great-great-great-grandmother with an eighth-grade education, testified in a videotaped deposition aired Tuesday that she trusted her attorney/granddaughter, Katherine Kealoha, to manage a reverse mortgage on Puana’s home only to discover that $23,976.69 of the money went to a lavish breakfast for then-Police Chief Louis Kealoha at the Sheraton Waikiki. Read more
Much of Monday was spent on the direct testimony and cross-examination of one of the main FBI agents who in 2014 was assigned to the investigation that led to federal indictments in 2017. Read more
The public defender who was instrumental in uncovering allegations that a Hawaii law enforcement power couple conspired to frame a relative for a mailbox theft testified he was suspicious about how easily it appeared to be removed in surveillance footage. Read more
All mail-in voting simply means that we will trust local government officials to verify the legitimacy of each ballot. How confident are we of this Read more
