Crime

Hawaiʻi Police Face Unique Barriers To Solving Violent Crimes The percentage of violent crimes that end in an arrest or a closed case is declining, as agencies grapple with understaffing, insufficient technology and geographical challenges of an island state.

November 25, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/hawaii-police-face-unique-barriers-solving-violent-crimes/

Hilo man in custody after road rage incident

November 23, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/23/hawaii-news/hilo-man-in-custody-after-road-rage-incident/

Bail for murder suspect increased to $1 million

November 23, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/23/hawaii-news/bail-for-murder-suspect-increased-to-1-million/

Judge frees Kona couple accused of cocaine distribution near school

November 20, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/20/hawaii-news/judge-frees-kona-couple-accused-of-cocaine-distribution-near-school/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Justice Department: Well-Known Hawaiian Defense Contractor Embezzled Funds Newly public court documents accuse Christopher Dawson and other executives not only of stealing from their federal contracting business but shortchanging Native Hawaiians in the process.

November 17, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/justice-department-well-known-hawaiian-defense-contractor-embezzled-funds/

Police arrest 5 at old Hilo Hotel

November 16, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/16/hawaii-news/police-arrest-5-at-old-hilo-hotel/

Hilo man charged with attempted robbery

November 14, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/14/hawaii-news/hilo-man-charged-with-attempted-robbery/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Bribery Case: Architect, 92, On Trial For Failed $20 Gift To City Worker An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will decide.

November 13, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/11/bribery-case-architect-92-on-trial-for-failed-20-gift-to-city-worker/

Bail maintained for Puna man accused of sex assault

November 12, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/12/hawaii-news/bail-maintained-for-puna-man-accused-of-sex-assault/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Documents detail violent Hilo incident that left one man dead

November 11, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/11/hawaii-news/documents-detail-violent-hilo-incident-that-left-one-man-dead/

Police investigating homicide in Hilo

November 10, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/10/hawaii-news/police-investigating-homicide-in-hilo/

Supreme Court affirms conviction, overturns appeal in sex assault of minor

November 7, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/07/hawaii-news/supreme-court-affirms-conviction-overturns-appeal-in-sex-assault-of-minor/

Kapaau man who had dozens of dogs pleads not guilty to animal cruelty

November 7, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/07/hawaii-news/kapaau-man-who-had-dozens-of-dogs-pleads-not-guilty-to-animal-cruelty/

Police seek suspects in Ocean View robbery

November 7, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/07/hawaii-news/police-seek-suspects-in-ocean-view-robbery/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Canadian man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

November 6, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/06/hawaii-news/canadian-man-pleads-not-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-14-year-old-girl/

Kurtistown man indicted for fatal crash that killed 2

November 5, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/05/hawaii-news/kurtistown-man-indicted-for-fatal-crash-that-killed-2/

Legal wrangling continues in fatal dog attack case

November 5, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/05/hawaii-news/legal-wrangling-continues-in-fatal-dog-attack-case/

Canadian man accused of sexually assaulting teen

November 4, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/11/04/hawaii-news/canadian-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-teen/

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu A new state database shows crime is down in Honolulu and up on the neighbor islands. But the less populous counties had more success in solving some offenses.

October 29, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/data-dive-neighbor-islands-solve-more-burglaries-car-thefts-than-o%ca%bbahu/

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect: ‘I Shot Back At Them’ In a series of Facebook Live videos, a man who identifies himself as the person engaged in an ongoing standoff with police acknowledged shooting at officers and asked for his family to be flown from Kauaʻi in exchange for surrendering.

October 22, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/officer-shot-in-honolulu-drug-operation-standoff-is-ongoing/

Crime

Hawaiʻi Police Face Unique Barriers To Solving Violent Crimes The percentage of violent crimes that end in an arrest or a closed case is declining, as agencies grapple with understaffing, insufficient technology and geographical challenges of an island state.

Hilo man in custody after road rage incident

Bail for murder suspect increased to $1 million

Judge frees Kona couple accused of cocaine distribution near school

Justice Department: Well-Known Hawaiian Defense Contractor Embezzled Funds Newly public court documents accuse Christopher Dawson and other executives not only of stealing from their federal contracting business but shortchanging Native Hawaiians in the process.

Police arrest 5 at old Hilo Hotel

Hilo man charged with attempted robbery

Bribery Case: Architect, 92, On Trial For Failed $20 Gift To City Worker An elderly architect tried to slip an employee what he called a gratuity. County prosecutors say it was a bribe. A judge will decide.

Bail maintained for Puna man accused of sex assault

Documents detail violent Hilo incident that left one man dead

Police investigating homicide in Hilo

Supreme Court affirms conviction, overturns appeal in sex assault of minor

Kapaau man who had dozens of dogs pleads not guilty to animal cruelty

Police seek suspects in Ocean View robbery

Canadian man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

Kurtistown man indicted for fatal crash that killed 2

Legal wrangling continues in fatal dog attack case

Canadian man accused of sexually assaulting teen

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu A new state database shows crime is down in Honolulu and up on the neighbor islands. But the less populous counties had more success in solving some offenses.

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect: ‘I Shot Back At Them’ In a series of Facebook Live videos, a man who identifies himself as the person engaged in an ongoing standoff with police acknowledged shooting at officers and asked for his family to be flown from Kauaʻi in exchange for surrendering.

Pizza Shop Owner Sees Woman Eating From the Trash, Gives Her a Fresh Slice and Makes a Promise to Feed Anyone Who Is Hungry

UH proposes 2-year tuition freeze, increases beginning in 2029

Hawaiʻi County Expands Community Resource Center Services to Assist with Earthquake Impacts

DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY – HURRICANE LALA RECOVERY PLAN UPDATE

GOVERNOR GREEN ANNOUNCES MAJOR RECOVERY PROGRESS FOLLOWING HURRICANE LOWELL Kauaʻi Power Restored to 72%; Roads, Airport and Port Infrastructure Repairs Continue

Hawaiian Electric preparing for Tropical Storm Norbert, supporting power restoration on Kauaʻi – Company sending additional staff, vehicles to Kauaʻi this weekend

Two Aussies Were on Vacation in Thailand When They Saw Workers Struggling With an Excavator. So They Stopped to Help

‘You Just Want To Cry’: Kauaʻi Takes Stock Of Lowell’s Damage Communities on Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Niʻihau are picking up the pieces left by Hurricane Lowell, a storm Gov. Josh Green compared with the 1992 disaster ʻIniki.

Radio Silence Amid Lowell Reveals Critical Gap In Emergency Plan Radio is critical during disasters. Kauaʻi has again exposed that many stations lack generators and other equipment needed to stay on the air.

Honolulu Man Involved in Trans-Pacific Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

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