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| Friday, July 31, 2026 |
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AG Announces Child Support Enforcement Tech Upgrade
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 1042 Views :: Family, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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"The new KEIKI system became fully operational on July 20, 2026 on schedule with no interruption to child support services or system operations...."
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| Tuesday, July 28, 2026 |
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Honolulu retiree celebrates win in lawsuit challenging City’s excessive TVR fines
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 2115 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Small Business, Tourism
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" ... she sued in federal court for imposing excessive fines in violation of the Eighth Amendment .... "
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| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
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Indian National Arrested in Hawaii for Role in Gold Bar Elder Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 8:35 PM :: 2634 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Harsh Fojalal Shah, 25, an Indian national, was arrested in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 20 ....
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| Saturday, July 18, 2026 |
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Hilo Internet 'Cultist' Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
By News Release @ 2:48 PM :: 3590 Views :: Hawaii County , Family, Law Enforcement
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...Cultists members collaborated to victimize children in a systematic attempt to trigger social collapse and topple the current world order....
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| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
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Soft on Crime: Lifelong Criminal Busted Again in $1.2M Fraud
By News Release @ 3:44 PM :: 4311 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... the defendants allegedly manufactured and deposited fraudulent checks totaling approximately $1.2 million between June and August 2024 ....
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| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
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AG Nabs Three Sex Offenders
By News Release @ 2:08 PM :: 4672 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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... Investigators conducted compliance checks on multiple registered sex offenders ....
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| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
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A career of serving America and Hawaii
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:04 PM :: 4944 Views :: Hawaii History, Law Enforcement, Military
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...Former Hawaii Attorney General Michael Lilly has spent his career in uniform, in the courtroom, and in government....
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| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
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Feds Charge Oahu Pharmacist With $1.5M Medicare Fraud
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 4584 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"Quan, a registered pharmacist, controlled Wellness Pharmacy, which billed for drugs that were not dispensed."
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| Tuesday, June 23, 2026 |
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16 Years Since Amber Jackson's Murder on Kaua’i
By News Release @ 5:40 PM :: 4877 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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... “Please come forward with any information about Gregory Glaser, past or present. No detail is too small or insignificant.” ....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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State Hospital Admits 10 non-criminal mental cases--most since 2014
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 3993 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... HSH has undertaken a coordinated effort to reduce its census of justice-involved patients, which has allowed HSH to again admit civilly committed residents ....
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| Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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AG Charges Bishop Street Lawyer with Another Estate Fraud
By News Release @ 3:13 PM :: 4633 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... he allegedly used forged documents to unlawfully obtain approximately $40,000 from a deceased individual’s estate ....
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| Sunday, June 14, 2026 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Control Problems Go Back 42 Years
By Tom Yamachika @ 12:00 AM :: 4964 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... the story of a psychologist that was indicted on 32 counts of Medicaid fraud in 1984 ....
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| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
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Oahu Woman Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Destroying Cellphone Evidence to Thwart Federal Firearms Investigation
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 4763 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Tran shot pepper balls at numerous individuals before brandishing the 9mm firearm at a bystander outside of a nightclub ....
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| Wednesday, June 10, 2026 |
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Hawaii Mortgage Scammers Make FBI Most Wanted List
By News Release @ 7:33 AM :: 4531 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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"...Multiple Oahu families lost their homes as a result of the Dimitrions’ crimes....”
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| Saturday, June 6, 2026 |
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Guns, drugs, and money seized by FBI Honolulu Field Office during Operation Spring Cleaning
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4599 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... 27 warrants, 8 kilograms of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms of cocaine, 4 kilograms of other miscellaneous illegal drugs, 10 firearms, 11 firearm accessories, and $150,000 in U.S. currency ....
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| Friday, June 5, 2026 |
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Saddle Road: HDOT Declares 'Traffic Emergency Zone' After Latest Fatal Crash
By News Release @ 11:19 AM :: 4596 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement
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...A traffic emergency zone declaration pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) §264-1.5 allows HDOT to accelerate procurement and permitting for additional engineering mitigations....
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| Thursday, June 4, 2026 |
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Can refusing a sobriety test be used against you? Hawaii high court weighs in
By Court House News @ 6:41 PM :: 4821 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... She was arrested anyway, taken to the station and blew a 0.140 on a breath test, well above the legal limit ....
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| Thursday, June 4, 2026 |
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Medicaid Fraud: Green Orders DHS to Create 'Strike Force'
By News Release @ 1:14 PM :: 6146 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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“The findings outlined by the Office of Inspector General are serious and deserve a serious response,” said Governor Green.
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| Thursday, June 4, 2026 |
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Convicted: FBI Catches Maui Dude Pointing Laser at Airplanes
By News Release @ 9:36 AM :: 4991 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement
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"...Shortly after the incident, FBI agents intercepted Kong and his associate...."
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| Thursday, June 4, 2026 |
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'Enough is Enough' -- After 12 Years Feds Lose Patience, Decertify Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Unit
By Andrew Walden @ 8:05 AM :: 8435 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement, COVID-19
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...The numbers show Hawaii AGs Claire Connor and Anne Lopez kept Medicaid fraud enforcement at or near zero just as COVID fraud was spiking, thus allowing a massive wave of crooked COVID money to lubricate the system....
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| Wednesday, May 27, 2026 |
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Hawaii AG decides against joining Medicaid fraud roundtable at White House
By Selected News Articles @ 9:59 PM :: 4233 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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... AG Lopez acknowledged Hawaii “could do better” with indictments and criminal prosecutions ....
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| Tuesday, May 26, 2026 |
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Catch and Release: 0.2% of HPD Misdemeanor Arrests held after 72 hours
By Video @ 9:49 AM :: 4645 Views :: Honolulu County, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement, Police
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...People can go in to stores and steal up to $1000 worth of stuff …Hawaii District Courts will not hold a misdemeanor suspect longer than 72 hours… out of 20,000 HPD arrests, we’ve got 23-46 people at OCCC....
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| Saturday, May 23, 2026 |
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Case, Tokuda Introduce Measure To Crack Down On Interstate Trafficking Of Illegal Fireworks
By Ed Case @ 6:35 PM :: 3915 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Law Enforcement
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... crack down on illegal fireworks by allowing prosecutors to pursue money laundering charges ....
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
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Federal Jury Convicts Hanapepe Man of Producing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography
By News Release @ 8:46 PM :: 4000 Views :: Kauai County, Law Enforcement
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...Biggs was a serial, self-described “groomer” who targeted children, many of whom were mentally and emotionally vulnerable....
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| Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
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AG: Feds Investigated our Medicaid Fraud Prosecutions in April
By News Release @ 4:45 PM :: 5174 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"...the MFCU identified a number of challenges that have impacted its ability to initiate criminal charges and obtain convictions...."
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| Thursday, May 7, 2026 |
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Feds Bust Meth Gang Centered on Puuwai Momi Housing complex
By News Release @ 9:26 PM :: 4972 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Investigators seized at least twenty pounds of methamphetamine during the investigation ....
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| Saturday, May 2, 2026 |
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Alleged Pimps Catch Federal Case
By News Release @ 10:46 PM :: 4858 Views :: Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... If convicted the men face mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years to life in prison ....
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| Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
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Feds say Hawaii crime boss orchestrated his own death to shield millions in assets
By Court House News @ 12:19 AM :: 4709 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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...A federal judge signaled he would allow some civil discovery to proceed in the government's bid to seize the late crime boss Michael Miske's $20 million fortune....
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| Monday, April 20, 2026 |
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AG Charges Prison Guard with Stealing from Criminal
By News Release @ 10:57 PM :: 4581 Views :: Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... DCR employee Julianne Kaniaupio with nine criminal charges for using her position to steal a credit card containing $8,960.11 from the out-processing paperwork of a Hālawa Correctional Facility inmate set for release ....
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| Thursday, April 16, 2026 |
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DoTAX Announces Charges in Tax Case
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 4573 Views :: Hawaii County , Law Enforcement, Small Business, Taxes
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...Charges were filed in Hawaiʻi County by the Department of the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Division March 25, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit....
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| Monday, March 30, 2026 |
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VIDEO: Fake ICE Agent Beaten in Waikiki
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 7664 Views :: Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... multiple people take the guy down to the ground and they wail on him with fists and feet ... including one woman who kicks him in the face several times ....
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| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 |
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Feds Seize 44 Guns in Kalihi Raid
By News Release @ 12:06 PM :: 5639 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement, Second Amendment
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...an Uzi Submachine gun, a pistol with an installed machinegun conversion device, at least two firearms with obliterated serial numbers, two short-barreled rifles, an AR-style pistol with an installed suppressor/silencer, and one firearm suppressor/silencer....
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| Monday, March 16, 2026 |
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Miske Forfeiture After Death: "Never seen anything like it"
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 AM :: 4059 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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“Forfeiture-land is a place where the normal rules don’t work.”
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| Friday, March 13, 2026 |
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House Approves Bills to help out Other Criminals
By News Release @ 3:46 AM :: 3280 Views :: Law Enforcement
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"Requires release on recognizance for defendants charged with violations, traffic offenses, nonviolent petty misdemeanors, nonviolent misdemeanors, and nonviolent class C felonies"
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| Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
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Former Corrections Officer Gets 5 Years for Kiddie Porn
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 2185 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...He possessed over 200 images of child pornography, including at least one image that depicted an infant and other images that depicted prepubescent minors....
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| Monday, March 9, 2026 |
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HDOT: Traffic Death Rate Lower Than Last Year
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 1562 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement
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... 15 fewer traffic deaths than the same period last year ....
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| Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
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First Traffic Scofflaw Convicted Under New Law
By News Release @ 1:46 AM :: 1212 Views :: Law Enforcement
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... the Attorney General is the first to bring charges under the enhanced penalty provisions of Act 212, a law targeting habitual offenders who repeatedly drive without a valid license ....
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| Wednesday, February 25, 2026 |
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Honolulu Deputy Prosecutor Indicted for Witness Tampering
By News Release @ 1:04 AM :: 2040 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... She accused Moon of forcing her to have sex with other men for his “pleasure,” starting in April 2024 and continuing until September 2025 ....
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| Tuesday, February 24, 2026 |
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Sheriff Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 1938 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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...manipulated computer records that tracked her time and attendance between October 1, 2021 and June 20, 2024, in order to receive more than $64,000 in unearned compensation....
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| Friday, February 20, 2026 |
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HDoT signs 10-year contract for 187 Red Light Cameras
By News Release @ 1:15 AM :: 1611 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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...The 10-year contract totaling approximately $160 million will expand the current program from 17 sites to 187 dual-enforcement cameras across each of the state's major islands....
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| Friday, January 30, 2026 |
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Kaneshiro-Mitsunaga Conspiracy: Judge Allows Lawsuit to Proceed
By Court House News @ 12:38 AM :: 2071 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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... Federal prosecutors couldn't make criminal bribery charges stick for a former Honolulu prosecutor and engineering firm executives, but civil versions of the claims may live to see another trial ....
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| Thursday, January 29, 2026 |
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Hawaii officials admit Department of Education doesn’t use E-Verify
By News Release @ 12:31 AM :: 1528 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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... the processes used to screen candidates, review credentials and monitor conduct ....
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| Thursday, January 29, 2026 |
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Molester List: DoE Forced to Initiate 'Harm to Students Registry' for Hiring
By News Release @ 12:20 AM :: 1122 Views :: Education K-12, Law Enforcement
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...Participating entities include public schools, public charter schools, private schools, and early learning educational programs....
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| Saturday, January 24, 2026 |
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Eight Missing Children Found
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 1839 Views :: Honolulu County, Family, Law Enforcement
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... resulting in the safe location and recovery of eight children between the ages of 13 and 17. Two children recovered in the operation had been reported as runaways over one year ago ....
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| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
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AG Flip-Flop: Suddenly decides to open 'investigation' into $35K Bribery Case
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 1705 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Law Enforcement
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... CLUE: They already know who took the $35K. Instead of just announcing the name, this is intended to keep it quiet at least until the session is over ....
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| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
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Panos: How Hawaii Can Reduce Traffic Fatalities
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 PM :: 1450 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Law Enforcement, Police
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... by focusing on VRUs, the Vulnerable Road Users, such as pedestrians, motorcyclists, bikers and construction workers ....
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| Saturday, January 10, 2026 |
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Waipahu Pedo Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 1373 Views :: Honolulu County, Law Enforcement
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... Waipahu Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Paying Adults to Sexually Abuse Children During Livestreamed Internet Videos ....
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| Thursday, January 8, 2026 |
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'Trauma Informed' Means 'Put Drug Addicts and Criminals in Charge'
By News Release @ 11:23 PM :: 1420 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Drugs
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... Act 88 (2024), creates a roadmap for formalizing peer support services, which are defined as assistance provided by individuals with lived experience and expertise with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, housing instability and/or justice system involvement ....
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