Honolulu police arrest 5 attempting to hike up Haiku Stairs
Honolulu police were ready for potential violators attempting to hike up the closed Haiku Stairs early this morning in Kaneohe. Read more
Honolulu police were ready for potential violators attempting to hike up the closed Haiku Stairs early this morning in Kaneohe. Read more
If you’re thinking of taking the “Stairway to Heaven,” it could lead you on a path to the courthouse. Read more
The state Intermediate Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the Board of Land and Natural Resources in the contentious issue of the diversion of water from streams in East Maui to Central and Upcountry Maui. Read more
The state has settled a Kona Circuit Court lawsuit for $750,000 with the biological parents of a 3-year-old Hawaii island boy who died eight years ago while under the temporary foster care of Chasity Alcosiba-McKenzie and her husband, Clifton McKenzie, at their Waimea home. Read more
The Circuit Court jury convicted the 34-year-old mechanic, originally from Naples, Fla., of second- degree murder in the death of Demond Cox, a mechanical engineer, and first-degree arson for starting the apartment fire that the state said was used to cover up the murder. Read more
Scott David DeAngelo showed little emotion as the verdict was read, and carefully looked at jurors as they were polled. Read more
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An association opposed to a planned Kalaeloa 5-acre wave pool, which will take 7 million gallons of fresh water to fill from the same aquifer that Oahu communities depend on, says its members were heartened by developments at a court hearing Thursday. Read more
Scott David DeAngelo, a 34-year-old mechanic on trial in the 2022 slaying of his 33-year-old roommate by stabbing him in the neck before setting fire to their rented Pearl City apartment and jumping from the burning fourth-floor unit, testified Tuesday and Wednesday before closing statements. Read more
Jeremyal Leedy was out on a $2,000 bail bond in an abuse case involving his ex-girlfriend when he allegedly tried to kill two people and assaulted her 60-year-old mother, who intervened after he refused to leave his ex-girlfriend’s Moiliili apartment. Read more
Kai Dela Cruz faces life in prison with the possibility of parole when Judge Shanlyn Park sentences him July 16. Read more
Scott David Deangelo is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree arson and firearms charges. Read more
Stanton A. Joaquin allegedly struck his son with a gas canister torch, which fractured his skull and caused bleeding in his cranium, police reports said. Read more
A 33-year-old Hawaii man pleaded guilty last week in a federal court in St. Louis, Mo., to sexually exploiting a 14-year-old Missouri girl, and to distributing explicit images of other minors. Read more
The suspect allegedly assaulted the older man at 8:15 p.m. Thursday. Read more
A celebration of life on Monday is planned for Richard Soo, who 25 years ago stepped into the 24/7 role as the Honolulu Fire Department’s first public information officer. Read more
Nathan Pedro and Jackie Carter made their initial appearances in Hilo District Court on Wednesday. Read more
Hawaii County police announced the capture of a 44-year-old Ocean View man indicted on charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree attempted robbery and firearms charges. Read more
Nathaniel Cachola was charged Tuesday, and remains in police custody. Bail was set at $500,000. Read more
Missing work furlough inmate Keenan Acia was arrested this morning on suspicion of second-degree escape. Read more
There will be no third murder trial Aug. 5 for Ray T.K. Sheldon for allegedly fatally shooting a 31-year-old acquaintance nearly five years ago, the night of April 19, 2019, outside Sheldon’s Punaluu home, then dragging his body to a banana patch behind his house. Read more
A 25-year-old Colombian man negotiated a plea deal that will help him avoid life in prison with no parole when he is sentenced July 3 for the 2022 strangulation death of a 73-year-old lawyer at his Hawaii Loa Ridge home. Read more