Law Enforcement

... Hawaii authorities are reportedly deciding to not extradite Castro from Utah, according to a spokesperson for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office ....

... SB222, SB227, SB1324 .... 

... allegedly CWS and PACT informed four times but did nothing before death of Sarai Perez-Rivera ....

... safety camera systems at 10 downtown Honolulu intersections will begin issuing warnings for speed on Saturday, March 1, 2025 ....

... Authorities arrested Gideon Castro at a Utah nursing home and charged him in the 1977 murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara at McKinley HS ....

... Civil forfeiture allows the government of Hawaii to take your property and sell it for profit without proving you did anything wrong ....

... the campaign contributions were bribes meant to secure Mau's prosecution, a federal jury eventually found that the donations were legitimate political contributions ....

... Judge Watson found Stancil to be  “among the most culpable” of those in the Miske Enterprise ....

... U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $1,742,014.13 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2024 ....

... Set for a February 11, 2025, hearing before Senate HHS/CPN committees, SB1150 grants a de-facto immunity and asylum in Hawaii for any kidnapper who claims to be helping a child receive so-called ‘gender-affirming’ treatments ....

... Built in 1916, the OCCC is a tad outdated ....

... Clint Jordan Lopaka Nahooikaika Borge, 41, of Pahoa, Hawaii, was arrested this morning pursuant to a grand jury indictment ....

“While working as an adult corrections officer, Mr. Fernandez had almost 95 pounds of aerial fireworks mailed to OCCC, the very correctional facility that he had a duty to secure....”

... addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement ....

... Many staff cited unsustainable work conditions marked by mandatory overtime, insufficient staff, and inadequate wellness resources ....

... Alaska, Hawai’i, the U.S. territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands ....

... Mr. Porter most recently served as the chief of staff for the Deputy Director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. ....

... Green announces nomination of HPD Major Mike Lambert as the next Director of the State Department of Law Enforcement ....

... The U.S. Senate has voted 84-9 to begin debate on the Laken Riley Act.  Schatz and Hirono are among the nine .... 

... Walmart reportedly is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies to focus on being more "belonging." ....

... as a result of the false and fraudulent applications, they received $1,365,000 in PPP loan funds ....

... the woman was starting to choke and motioned for the doctor to stop — but he continued ....

... people trying to culturally appropriate customs to justify their inconsiderate and dangerous behaviors with leaders having to be “sensitive” when discussing it ....

...  Miske, Dawson and Choy are dead and all the investigations are squelched .... 

... People inside and outside of CWS describe an uncoordinated system that works in silos and lacks proper resources and accountability. ...

... Feds, once again, doing the job the State Judiciary can/will not ....

... “birth tourism” scheme that charged Chinese clients tens of thousands of dollars to help them give birth in the United States to obtain birthright U.S. citizenship for their children ....

... highlights FBI Honolulu’s casework in counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyberstalking, drug and gun crimes, organized crime, violent crimes against children, white-collar crimes, and more ....

... reforms implemented in 2019 have not reduced pretrial incarceration ....

“...Since 2009, Communist Chinese passport holders have been permitted to sidestep the U.S.. visa requirements to enter the northern Mariana islands through categorical parole....”

... 2nd alleged assassin this year with Hawaii connections ....

"Presently, there is no finding of foul play or suicide."

... Nancy Anderson's murder — which was Hawaii's oldest cold case — is the focus of the Dec. 2 episode of 'People Magazine Investigates' on ID ....

... Fepuleai—who does not drink or do drugs—blew a 0.000. But officers said they now suspected he was on drugs. Officers then arrested Mr. Fepuleai for DUI ....

... The Pacific is increasingly becoming an important transshipment hub and an operational and destination point for organized crime syndicates ....

... Criminals were lined up when the doors opened, eager for a chance to do it all over again ....

... Finally this 30-time loser will go before a real—ie Federal--court ....

"facilitated the provision of classified information to intelligence officers employed by the PRC’s Shanghai State Security Bureau"

... drug addicts watching porn with 5-year olds ....

... The new O‘ahu jail is projected to incorporate a modern jail design ....

... Gene DeMello Jr. as the new chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority (HPA), following the retirement of HPA chair Edmund “Fred” Hyun ....

... Earlier this year, an FBI agent from the Honolulu Field Office contacted police investigators with the names of some people who could potentially be identified as “Unknown Male #1.” ....

... convicted of 13 of the 16 remaining charges against him, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit assault ....

... bill motivated by charges against a man who had no driver’s license and 164 traffic citations when he was arrested in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old McKinley High School student ....

“...This operation required quick action and decisions and DHS is thankful for all involved with the successful location of these 11 children and youth....”

... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....

... Sinaloa and its rival, the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, known as CJNG — run drug pipelines through California and Nevada to flood Oahu with meth and other drugs, including fentanyl ....

... On Monday, Watson acquitted Miske of the attempted murder of Lindsey Kinney, along with associated racketeering and firearm charges ....

... Both Ma and CC #1 worked for the CIA ­­­­— CC #1 from 1967 until 1983, Ma from 1982 until 1989 ....

... Five people were arrested over the weekend during what police say was a cockfight raid at a gathering on the Kaloli Drive end of the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision in Puna ....