Crime

Police say a Maui doctor tried to use two syringes on his wife after pushing her off an Oʻahu hiking trail and hitting her head with a rock.

Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen noted that local children who run away from their families face the highest risk of being trafficked because of their vulnerability and lack of stability.

Survivors from the New Year's illegal fireworks explosion in Āliamanu have been discharged from acute care at the Arizona Burn Center. The five burn patients are expected to make a full recovery and return to Hawaiʻi in the coming weeks to months.

Hawaiʻi County police say the suspect in an officer-involved shooting on Friday is dead. Christopher Lucrisia, 39, was the subject of an island-wide manhunt after allegedly shooting and wounding a police officer.

A Utah judge has ordered the release of a 66-year-old suspect in the 1977 killing of a Hawaiʻi teenager after prosecutors in Honolulu said they weren’t ready to proceed with a murder charge against him.

Lawmakers are considering a measure that would redefine a reported hate crime as any reported incident that might be motivated by bias or prejudice. Currently, it only gets reported if it results in a criminal charge.

A 66-year-old suspect in the 1977 slaying of Hawaiʻi teenager Dawn Momohara has agreed to be extradited from Utah to face a murder charge. Gideon Castro waived the right to challenge his extradition during a Wednesday court appearance in Salt Lake City. Castro, who is ill, appeared by video from a jail hospital bed.

A Hawaiʻi man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different. Gordon Cordeiro spoke Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press.

A judge has ordered the release of a man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has always denied committing. The judge says DNA test results and other new evidence would likely change the outcome of another trial against Gordon Cordeiro.

A Hawaiʻi-based soldier faces charges in military court in connection with the suspected killing of his pregnant wife. The Army says the charges against Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II stem from the disappearance of his wife, Mischa Johnson, last year.