Grand jury indicts man in fatal Aiea shooting
Leroy Charles Kelii Rodrigues was indicted on one count of second-degree murder and two firearm charges in the death of Ethan Owens. Read more
Leroy Charles Kelii Rodrigues was indicted on one count of second-degree murder and two firearm charges in the death of Ethan Owens. Read more
Judge Ronald Johnson maintained the two be held without bail, saying they were flight risks and a danger to the community. Read more
The two met in OCCC, while Cameron was awaiting trial on the April 7 acid attack of Davina Licon outside the 24 Hour Fitness in Mililani. Read more
Circuit Court Judge Shanlyn Park on Tuesday sentenced Razi White to 20 years in prison, with two years’ credit for time served, for fatally striking with a metal water bottle a 58-year-old security guard in May 2022 in downtown Honolulu. Read more
Circuit Court Judge Shanlyn Park sentenced today Razi White, the man who fatally struck a 58-year-old Fort Street Mall security guard in 2022 with a metal water bottle, to 20 years in prison, with credit for time served. Read more
A Circuit Court judge ordered that Beverly Shimabukuro, the 85-year-old Liliha woman charged with first-degree arson, be transferred to the Hawaii State Hospital from the Oahu Community Correctional Center, where she has spent the past 12 days. Read more
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Beverly Shimabukuro, 85, was arrested after she was overheard telling an Emergency Medical Services supervisor that she lit a small pile of items on fire in her closet. Read more
Ilikai workers walked off the job at 6 a.m. Friday, with roughly 50 people out on the picket line, including employees from other Local 5 properties, a Local 5 spokesperson said. Read more
The workers say that they had been paid, on average, $8 an hour less than their counterparts at other Waikiki hotels. Read more
A Circuit Court judge Wednesday sentenced the former Department of Public Safety’s once top-ranking training officer to a year of probation and a suspended 30-day jail sentence to run concurrently for falsifying her academic transcripts. Read more
J. Marte Martinez entered into a plea agreement with the Department of the Attorney General and pleaded guilty on Oct. 17. Read more
An 85-year-old Liliha woman, accused of setting her rented house on fire Feb. 28, was indicted Tuesday by an Oahu grand jury on the charge of first-degree arson, a Class A felony punishable by up to 20 years’ imprisonment. Read more
An 85-year-old Liliha woman, suspected of setting fire Wednesday morning to her rental home, is scheduled to appear this afternoon in Honolulu District Court for a preliminary hearing on the charge of first-degree arson. Read more
The Coast Guard said the boat’s owner is working with two companies to remove diesel fuel and to salvage the vessel. Read more
Part of the problem is that in order to comply with the law to obtain a state license, one must travel thousands of miles to be reeducated through expensive programs since no such programs exist in Hawaii. Read more
A 62-year-old Naalehu woman convicted Dec. 22 of second-degree murder in the June 30, 2009, shooting death of Kaycee Smith, a 21-year-old rodeo standout, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole and an additional 20 years. Read more
An Oahu grand jury Wednesday indicted Jesse Lewis Nielsen, 30, on a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 19 stabbing death of a 63-year-old Kakaako man, Yaohua Yan, employed at the University of Hawaii’s Center for Chinese Studies. Read more
Volunteers spotted 2,141 humpback whales, or kohola, on Saturday across the main Hawaiian Islands, the second count of the year held during peak whale season in Hawaii. Read more
Prosecutors charged Jesse Lewis Nielsen with second-degree murder. His bail was set at $1 million. Read more
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 63-year-old man found dead Wednesday with multiple stab wounds in his Kakaako apartment as Yaohua Yan. Read more
Terrance M. Williams, 29, of Honolulu, was one of three men stabbed on Makaloa Street early Sunday. Read more