Hilo girl who starved to death was familiar to Child Welfare Services
Shaelynn Lehano-Stone died June 28, 2016, mere hours after police and emergency medical services found her emaciated and unconscious in a Kinoole Street apartment. Read more
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Shaelynn Lehano-Stone died June 28, 2016, mere hours after police and emergency medical services found her emaciated and unconscious in a Kinoole Street apartment. Read more
Michael J. Miske Jr., found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, murder, and 11 other felony charges, must forfeit assets totaling more than $20 million, the jury that convicted him determined Wednesday. Read more
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson estimated the value of all the assets at around $20 million to $28 million, which he said is the biggest individual forfeiture case in Hawaii. Read more
This was the Big Island’s 21st official traffic fatality this year compared with 10 at this time last year. Read more
Police also identified the victim in the case as Sione Paletua, 53, of Wailuku, but did not release information on his cause of death or a motive for the alleged homicide. Read more
The University of Hawaii’s leading wide receiver was arrested early Saturday after he allegedly got into a fight with the mother of his child, according to multiple law enforcement and athletic sources. Read more
A dozen inmates at the Women’s Community Correctional Center in Kailua who were able to spend a few precious hours with their children during a special Kids’ Day celebration Saturday. Read more
MPD said a witness saw the suspect standing over the victim’s body before he drove off in a red 2007 Honda Element. Read more
Steven Freedman said in his lawsuit that he and his family have been deprived of “life-long love and affection” due to his wife’s death. Read more
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A suspect in three bank robberies with a lengthy criminal record was shot and killed by police at 4 a.m. Friday after an hours-long standoff. Read more
The man shot at a Honolulu Police Department drone flying outside the unit at one point, HPD Chief Joe Logan said. Read more
Outside the court after the verdict was read, Ashley Wong, Fraser’s girlfriend in 2016, said, “It won’t bring him back.” Read more
Scott David DeAngelo, who in 2022 escaped by jumping from a burning fourth-floor Pearl City apartment that he set on fire after fatally stabbing his roommate in the neck, has now escaped a possible sentence of life without parole. Read more
The sentences will run concurrently and not consecutively as Deputy Prosecutor Kyle Mesa had asked the court to do to protect the public. Read more
An Oahu Circuit Court judge sentenced a Honolulu Police Department officer to fines, community service and forced him to abide by specific probation conditions for four years or risk jail time for insurance fraud. Read more
Circuit Judge Ronald Johnson sentenced a Honolulu police officer today to community service and a deferral of his no contest plea for committing insurance fraud, a Class C felony. Read more
Honolulu police and CrimeStoppers are looking for a suspect who may have allegedly robbed two banks on the windward side of Oahu in past weeks. Read more
HPD has now confirmed the victim to be William Hans Holling Jr. Read more
Circuit Judge Shanlyn Park expressed sympathy Tuesday not just for the 45-year-old murder victim and his family, but for the 25-year-old Wahiawa man she was sending to prison for life with the possibility of parole in the Nov. 19, 2019, fatal stabbing of a family friend. Read more
To deter crime, the city’s use of overt video monitoring of the public is expected to grow if a new Honolulu City Council measure is adopted. Read more