Maui County awards contract to review MEMA Aug. 8 fire response
Maui awarded a contract Tuesday to an undisclosed company to review the response of the Maui Emergency Management Agency during the fatal Aug. 8 wildfires. Read more
Maui awarded a contract Tuesday to an undisclosed company to review the response of the Maui Emergency Management Agency during the fatal Aug. 8 wildfires. Read more
He was assigned to the Airport Division. Gary is presumed innocent until proven guilty, according to a news release from DLE. Read more
The state Department of the Attorney General filed a motion Monday to force the director of the Maui Emergency Management Agency to answer questions about how he commanded the response to the 2018 West Maui fires fueled by Hurricane Lane. Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a scam where fake attorneys prey on cryptocurrency fraud victims by claiming they can get the victims’ money back. Read more
Deputy Sheriff William K. Keahi, 40, was arrested at 8:30 a.m. on suspicion of reckless endangering and harassment by the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Investigations Division. Read more
An attempted murder investigation was opened after the man suffered a gunshot wound at 2:43 a.m. Sunday and received treatment at a medical center. Read more
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Two state sheriff’s deputies have been arrested in the past week as part of an ongoing investigation into incidents of harassment and inappropriate conduct involving a Black trainee. Read more
The arrests are part of an ongoing state investigation into allegations of workplace harassment and civil rights violations. Read more
The former wastewater systems executive who helped convict two former state lawmakers for taking bribes after he was caught bribing Maui County officials in exchange for government contracts died in federal prison Saturday following a fight with cancer. Read more
The man suffered a gunshot wound at 2:43 a.m. Sunday and received treatment at a medical center, according to police. Read more
Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a Class B felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Read more
No arrests have been made and an attempted murder in the second degree investigation is ongoing. Read more
Josiah Weiland-Vierra was charged today with robbery in the first degree, criminal property damage in the first degree, two counts of terroristic threatening in the first degree, car theft, assaulting a law enforcement officer in the first degree and stealing a motorcycle. Read more
A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly carjacking a pickup truck in Nanakuli before ramming a police vehicle and trying to steal another car in Kaneohe. Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice wants a Kapolei man held without bail after he was charged with using an assault rifle and shotgun while dealing more than $950,000 worth of cocaine, fentanyl, MDMA, cannabis and steroids. Read more
Roger Morton, director of the city Department of Transportation Services, said OTS has not paid any ransom and that officials are unclear exactly what kind of cyberattack crippled the systems. Read more
Jose Elias Camacho, 33, of Makawao agreed to plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 40 grams of fentanyl. Read more
Police have identified a suspect in the case. Read more
An “altercation occurred in the Ala Moana Area between several people,” according to an HPD description of the incident. Read more
Maui county officials are trying to block the state Department of the Attorney General from questioning the head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency about what the county learned from the 2018 West Maui wildfires. Read more
The Republican primary for the 43rd state House district seat has devolved into multiple police complaints and petitions for a protective order after the sitting lawmaker accused her opponent of harassment. Read more