HONOLULU – Robert Francis Dumaran, age 47, of Kahului, Maui, made his initial appearance in United States District Court today before United States Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield, following...

HONOLULU – Brent Leroy Gaston, 65, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months imprisonment for attempted child enticement by U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi. Gaston pleaded guilty in...

HONOLULU – After a 99-day jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson, a federal jury found Michael J. Miske, Jr., 50, of Kailua, Oahu, guilty of racketeering conspiracy,...

HONOLULU – Casey Young, 4o, of Kaneohe, Hawaii was sentenced on July 10, 2024, by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor to 188 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release as a...

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HONOLULU – Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Phong Duy Le, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii to 29 months in federal prison on May 7, 2024, for bank fraud. Le had earlier appeared...

HONOLULU – Newton Kaleo DeLeon, 48, of San Juan Capistrano, California, was sentenced by Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor today to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for...

HONOLULU – Robert Kinoshita, 59, of Hilo, Hawaii, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor to 155 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for...

HONOLULU – U.S. Attorney Clare E. Connors announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii collected $6,638,788.11 from criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year...

HONOLULU – Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson sentenced Daniel Brito, 33, of Honolulu, today to forty years in prison and lifetime of supervised release for production of child...

HONOLULU – In January 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii (“USAO”) obtained an order forfeiting $307,523.32 to the United States. The forfeiture order was obtained as...

HONOLULU – Kalani Kaaiawaawa, 24, of Honolulu, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 40 years in federal prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child...

HONOLULU – Senior United States District Judge Susan O. Mollway sentenced Alden Bunag, 35, of Honolulu, to 210 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for production of child pornography.

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, a time to educate ourselves and raise awareness in our communities about this devastating crime that violates ...

HONOLULU – Cyrus Croskery, 29, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 25 years imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and for possession of a...

HONOLULU – Edward Caspino, 46, of Waianae, William Caspino, 48, of Waianae, Lavern Joseph, 71, of Waianae, and Kerilyn Keliinoi, 31, of Waianae were arraigned today on a four-count Indictment...

HONOLULU – After a four-day jury trial before Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway, a federal jury yesterday found Luis Miguel Castro Alavez, 31, of Mexico, guilty of conspiracy and...

HONOLULU – Kanani Padeken, 38, of Kaaawa, was sentenced today in federal court by Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson to ten months imprisonment, two years supervised release, and...

HONOLULU – On September 5, 2023, Oseola Vakameilalo, was arraigned in federal court and pled not guilty to all 12 charges in an indictment relating to fraud in connection with the Pandemic Unemploy...