Crime

The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain Federal prosecutors say the community is safer because of Michael Miske’s racketeering conviction, but other groups are still at work in Hawaii’s criminal underworld.

July 29, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/the-miske-criminal-enterprise-may-be-gone-but-other-powerful-crime-networks-remain/

Miske To Forfeit More Than $20 Million In Assets To Government, Jury Rules The forfeiture trial was the last phase in the nearly seven-month federal trial of Michael Miske, who was convicted last week of 13 counts related to the operation of a racketeering organization.

July 25, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/miske-to-forfeit-more-than-20-million-in-assets-to-government-jury-rules/

7-24-24 (Update) Driver in Kona Fatal Pedestrian Collision Charged

July 24, 2024 0

(Update) Hawai‘i Island police have charged 34-year-old Garrett Aadom Duran of Kailua-Kona with negligent homicide and operating a vehicle under...

Shaelynn Lehano-Stone: a timeline of tragedy

July 24, 2024 0

https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/07/24/hawaii-news/shaelynn-lehano-stone-a-timeline-of-tragedy/

Honolulu Prosecutor’s Tenacious Push For A Different Kind Of Probation Has Failed To Win Over Critics — So Far Steve Alm, running uncontested for reelection, swears by the HOPE probation model, which ensures predictable and immediate sanctions for violators, but studies have produced varying results.

July 23, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/honolulu-prosecutors-tenacious-push-for-a-different-kind-of-probation-has-failed-to-win-over-critics-so-far/

Correction: 7-22-24 Negligent Homicide Investigation Underway After Early Morning Pedestrian Fatality in Kailua-Kona

July 22, 2024 0

Correction: Media release was updated at 3:55 p.m. on July 22, 2024, to reflect correct age of Subaru driver, as well...

Barricaded Suspect Pointed Gun At Police Before He Was Shot To Death, Chief Says The man, who was fatally shot by officers early Friday, was a suspect in three bank robberies across Oahu.

July 20, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/barricaded-suspect-pointed-gun-at-police-before-he-was-shot-to-death-chief-says/

Community: 7-19-24 (Update) Police Charge Second Hilo Juvenile for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses

July 20, 2024 0

Community: 7-19-24 (Update) Police Charge Second Hilo Juvenile for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses Hawai’i Island police have arrested and...

Community: 7-19-24 Hilo Juvenile Charged for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses

July 19, 2024 0

4, 3: Community: 7-19-24 Hilo Juvenile Charged for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses Hawai’i Island police have arrested and charged...

Jury Convicts Miske Of 13 Counts, Including Murder In Aid Of Racketeering The murder charge, which stemmed from the killing of Johnathan Fraser in 2016, carries a mandatory minimum life sentence.

July 19, 2024 0

https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/07/jury-convicts-miske-of-13-counts-including-murder-in-aid-of-racketeering/

Community: 7-12-24 (Update #2) Downtown Hilo Robbery Suspect Charged

July 13, 2024 0

Community: 7-12-24 (Update #2) Downtown Hilo Robbery Suspect Charged Hawai‘i Island police have charged 32-year-old Kukaua Keli’iho’oluhi Kaupe Bright, in connection...

Accused crime boss Miske’s case goes to the jury

July 13, 2024 0

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/07/13/hawaii-news/accused-crime-bosss-case-goes-to-the-jury/

Community: 7-12-24 Wanted Big Island Individuals Arrested During Warrant Sweep

July 12, 2024 0

Community: 7-12-24 Wanted Big Island Individuals Arrested During Warrant Sweep During this past week, the Hawai’i Police Department’s Area I Crime...

Community: 7-12-24 (Update) Police Arrest Suspect in Connection with Downtown Hilo Robbery

July 12, 2024 0

Community: 7-12-24 (Update) Police Arrest Suspect in Connection with Downtown Hilo Robbery Hawai‘i Island police have arrested 32-year-old Kukaua Keli’iho’oluhi Kaupe...

Community: 7-11-24 (Update) Police Initiate Homicide Investigation Following the Identification of Human Remains in Ocean View

July 11, 2024 0

Community: 7-11-24 (Update) Police Initiate Homicide Investigation Following the Identification of Human Remains in Ocean View Hawai’i Island police have initiated...

Crime

The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain Federal prosecutors say the community is safer because of Michael Miske’s racketeering conviction, but other groups are still at work in Hawaii’s criminal underworld.

Miske To Forfeit More Than $20 Million In Assets To Government, Jury Rules The forfeiture trial was the last phase in the nearly seven-month federal trial of Michael Miske, who was convicted last week of 13 counts related to the operation of a racketeering organization.

7-24-24 (Update) Driver in Kona Fatal Pedestrian Collision Charged

Shaelynn Lehano-Stone: a timeline of tragedy

Correction: 7-22-24 Negligent Homicide Investigation Underway After Early Morning Pedestrian Fatality in Kailua-Kona

Barricaded Suspect Pointed Gun At Police Before He Was Shot To Death, Chief Says The man, who was fatally shot by officers early Friday, was a suspect in three bank robberies across Oahu.

Community: 7-19-24 (Update) Police Charge Second Hilo Juvenile for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses

Community: 7-19-24 Hilo Juvenile Charged for Burglary and Other Property Crime Offenses

Jury Convicts Miske Of 13 Counts, Including Murder In Aid Of Racketeering The murder charge, which stemmed from the killing of Johnathan Fraser in 2016, carries a mandatory minimum life sentence.

Community: 7-12-24 (Update #2) Downtown Hilo Robbery Suspect Charged

Accused crime boss Miske’s case goes to the jury

Community: 7-12-24 Wanted Big Island Individuals Arrested During Warrant Sweep

Community: 7-12-24 (Update) Police Arrest Suspect in Connection with Downtown Hilo Robbery

Community: 7-11-24 (Update) Police Initiate Homicide Investigation Following the Identification of Human Remains in Ocean View

Community: 7-11-24 Police Report Previously Wanted Individual Justina Alves Arrested

Community: 7-10-24 Correction: Police Seeking Two Suspects in Downtown Hilo Robbery

Community: 7-10-24 Hawai’i Island Police Arrest And Charge Puna Man For Various Crimes

Community: 7-10-24 (Update) Police Identify Kidnapping Victim

Community: 7-09-24 Police Respond to Hilo Airport After Inert Grenade Found in Luggage

New Streetlights to be Installed in Downtown Hilo

Hawai’i Island Police have arrested and charged 25-year-old Brandon Damian Urzua and 27-year-old Brayan Damian Urzua, both of Kailua-Kona

Woman died in a two-vehicle traffic collision Highway 11

Neighbors Rush Into Burning Home to Save 87 Year Old Woman With Alzheimer’s

HECO Is At War With Governor’s Energy Partner Over Creating New Utility A Japanese rival wants build a new liquefied natural gas power plant and start a new regulated utility for Oʻahu, ending HECO’s 135-year monopoly.

Empty Homes Tax: Oʻahu Voters Blocked From Weighing In The decision may mark the end of a protracted battle over how to handle the island’s thousands of empty homes in the midst of a severe housing crisis.

‘Hawaii Builds’ initiative aims to fast-track affordable housing

Former Public Works employee suing county

Mahalo to the Big Island community for the incredible support shown during the 1st Annual “Fill a Police Cruiser” Back-to-School Supply Drive

Hawai’i Police Department invites the public to attend Police Chief Mahuna’s next informal “Talk Story with the Chief

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