Crime

Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death Current and former inmates testified that the gang ruled an OCCC module, but their accounts of the 2023 killing failed to convince a jury.

August 20, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/three-alleged-gang-leaders-found-not-guilty-in-jail-beating-death/

Council moves to strengthen fight against financial crimes

August 20, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/20/hawaii-news/council-moves-to-strengthen-fight-against-finacial-crimes/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news

Hawaiʻi Inmate Charged For Killing His Cellmate At Hālawa Prison Raita Fukusaku’s lawyer alleges his client was “targeted for assassination” by the prison gang Murder Inc.

August 19, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/hawaii-inmate-charged-killing-cellmate-halawa-prison/

‘Ready To Die Boys?’ Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang State support for gang intervention efforts has dropped since the 1990s and tracking has been minimal since then, too.

August 16, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/ready-to-die-boys-multiple-o%ca%bbahu-shootings-linked-to-gang/

‘Ready To Die Boys?’ Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang State support for gang intervention efforts has dropped since the 1990s and tracking has been minimal since then, too.

August 15, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/ready-to-die-boys-multiple-o%ca%bbahu-shootings-linked-to-gang/

Pahoa man to be tried for pound of meth

August 14, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/14/hawaii-news/pahoa-man-to-be-tried-for-pound-of-meth/

Kona man faces 26 charges in domestic violence case

August 14, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/14/hawaii-news/kona-man-faces-26-charges-in-domestic-violence-case/

CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme

August 7, 2025 0

CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Hawaii HONOLULU...

Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions

August 7, 2025 0

Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions U.S....

Trial set in long-delayed murder, attempted murder case

August 5, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/05/hawaii-news/trial-set-in-long-delayed-murder-attempted-murder-case/

Hilo woman accused of Waiakea Uka crime spree

August 5, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/08/05/hawaii-news/hilo-woman-accused-of-waiakea-uka-crime-spree/

Neal Milner: More Cops Aren’t Coming, And They Wouldn’t Reduce Crime Anyway Police staffing shortages are a chronic problem. We have to get more creative than calling for reinforcements.

August 4, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/neal-milner-more-cops-arent-coming-and-they-wouldnt-reduce-crime-anyway/

Defense Claims Oʻahu Jail Killing Had ‘Nothing To Do With Being In A Gang’ Lawyers for three defendants acknowledged their clients’ gang affiliations, but said other inmates beat Chris Vaefaga to death.

August 1, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/defense-claims-o%ca%bbahu-jail-killing-had-nothing-to-do-with-being-in-a-gang/

Police seek suspects in Kona gun incident

July 31, 2025 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2025/07/31/hawaii-news/police-seek-suspects-in-kona-gun-incident/

HPD Is Sending Its Newest Cops To West Oʻahu. Will The Unusual Move Help? The influx of new officers to the Westside is meant to improve response times, but the interim police chief has declined to say how long it currently takes police to respond to calls.

July 29, 2025 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/07/hpd-is-sending-its-newest-cops-to-west-oahu-will-the-unusual-move-help/

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Crime

Three Alleged Gang Leaders Found Not Guilty in Jail Beating Death Current and former inmates testified that the gang ruled an OCCC module, but their accounts of the 2023 killing failed to convince a jury.

Council moves to strengthen fight against financial crimes

Hawaiʻi Inmate Charged For Killing His Cellmate At Hālawa Prison Raita Fukusaku’s lawyer alleges his client was “targeted for assassination” by the prison gang Murder Inc.

‘Ready To Die Boys?’ Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang State support for gang intervention efforts has dropped since the 1990s and tracking has been minimal since then, too.

‘Ready To Die Boys?’ Multiple Oʻahu Shootings Linked To Gang State support for gang intervention efforts has dropped since the 1990s and tracking has been minimal since then, too.

Pahoa man to be tried for pound of meth

Kona man faces 26 charges in domestic violence case

CEO and President of Hawaii Shipbuilding Company Sentenced for $29M Investment Fraud Scheme

Mexican National Sentenced to 54 Months for Illegal Reentry After Ten Prior Removals and Three Illegal Reentry Felony Convictions

Trial set in long-delayed murder, attempted murder case

Hilo woman accused of Waiakea Uka crime spree

Neal Milner: More Cops Aren’t Coming, And They Wouldn’t Reduce Crime Anyway Police staffing shortages are a chronic problem. We have to get more creative than calling for reinforcements.

Defense Claims Oʻahu Jail Killing Had ‘Nothing To Do With Being In A Gang’ Lawyers for three defendants acknowledged their clients’ gang affiliations, but said other inmates beat Chris Vaefaga to death.

Police seek suspects in Kona gun incident

HPD Is Sending Its Newest Cops To West Oʻahu. Will The Unusual Move Help? The influx of new officers to the Westside is meant to improve response times, but the interim police chief has declined to say how long it currently takes police to respond to calls.

Hilo jail escapee nabbed after nearly 9 months

Keaau man, 26, accused of sexually assaulting 2 minors

Man charged after allegedly setting fire at Hilo business

Hilo woman free despite 20 felony charges

Police: State AG has Kamehameha Schools theft case

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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