The latest breaking news coverage of crime and public safety in Hawaii. Find stories about court cases, police arrests, ongoing investigations and more.
A Mexican citizen will be sentenced Monday for his role in a drug trafficking organization that marketed pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl in Pennsylvania, California and Hawaii. Read more
The 38-year-old man who received $12.5 million from the city following injuries he suffered in a 2021 police pursuit pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he used a ghost gun while selling methamphetamine in Waianae. Read more
A 38-year-old Tesla driver, charged with crimes related to an alleged road rage attack on a mother and daughter in Kakaako, failed to show up for his arraignment Thursday morning. Read more
When police raided the operation and how many devices and cash was confiscated during the operation was not immediately made public. Read more
The incident occurred around 11:49 p.m. Wednesday in the Nanakuli area, where the suspect struck a 22-year-old man with his vehicle, injuring the victim’s legs and lower abdomen, police said. Read more
A Guatemalan national illegally in the U.S. since 2016 likely will be deported after he was arrested for a second time in January for drunk driving in Kona without a license or insurance. Read more
Two possibly live M49A2 mortar bombs were found and turned in by a member of the public. Read more
At 10:50 p.m. Tuesday night, four “unknown suspects who were armed with multiple firearms, unlawfully entered a residence, which was having a gathering,” according to HPD. Read more
Honolulu police arrested the man at around 4:30 p.m. for reckless endangering in the second degree Read more
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According to the Honolulu Police Department, at 1:28 a.m., officers were “enforcing park rules when they observed the suspect in a closed park.” Read more
A 35-year-old Mexican national who paid a smuggler $2,500 in 2011 to get back into the U.S. after being deported was sentenced for an immigration law violation Tuesday following a December arrest on Hawaii island for driving drunk without a license. Read more
Overt video monitoring at city-owned parks prone to high crime is envisioned under a new Honolulu City Council resolution. Read more
Oahu Circuit Judge Paul Wong denied bail Tuesday for Maui anesthesiologist Gerhardt Konig, who is charged with the attempted murder of his wife, Arielle Konig, on an Oahu hiking trail March 24. Read more
A 27-year-old man who fired a shot into the air was arrested on suspicion of reckless endangering in the second degree, place to keep pistol, place to keep ammunition, possessing ghost gun parts and an outstanding warrant. Read more
Konig, an anesthesiologist on Maui, was indicted on the charge of second-degree murder for allegedly attempting to kill his wife, Arielle Konig, in multiple ways. Read more
The collision occurred around 1:20 p.m. on Paki Avenue near Noela Street, when the woman — traveling west with a male passenger — crossed into the eastbound lane and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on. Read more
Honolulu police and state law enforcement officials are hoping a proposed piece of federal legislation will help stop the proliferation of untraceable, homemade firearms in Hawaii. Read more
State Transportation Director Ed Sniffen said speeding was a top contributing factor in motor vehicle fatalities over the past decade and that automated camera enforcement would deter speeders and reduce senseless deaths and injuries. Read more
Calls for greater enforcement efforts were taken much more seriously when the Legislature convened just two weeks after the deadly blast at a New Year’s Eve party in Aliamanu that killed six people, injured or maimed dozens of others and led to arrests. Read more
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public’s help in locating a 36-year-old man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old victim. Read more
Nathaniel Walters Radimak was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault and one felony count of breaking into a car in connection with the Kakaako alleged road rage attack. Read more
