Crime

As the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation continues to consider how to replace the overcrowded and deteriorated OCCC, the Correctional System Oversight Commission is considering alternatives to a new, bigger jail.

HPD estimated about 150 to 160 operational game rooms in 2024, but said that could come down to 60 to 70 by year’s end.

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Native Hawaiian man convicted of a hate crime against a white man must be re-sentenced, potentially adding years to his prison term. Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in 2023. A jury found that the 2014 assault was a hate crime.

In January, the FBI announced David Porter as the new special agent in charge of the Honolulu Field Office. The Conversation talked to him about some of the FBI's priorities.

A Hawaiʻi-based U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and her unborn child last summer. The sentence issued Thursday is the maximum allowed under the law.

The Honolulu Federal Detention Center could be back on the table to replace the deteriorating and overpopulated Oʻahu Community Correctional Center. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports that Gov. Josh Green has asked the Trump administration to consider allowing the state to acquire the underutilized federal prison.

A judge has denied a request to keep proceedings private in a divorce case for a Hawaiʻi anesthesiologist accused of attempting to kill his wife on a hiking trail. Gerhardt Konig's wife filed for divorce last month after he was indicted on an attempted murder charge.

A new class-action lawsuit alleges that the Honolulu Police Department has had a “longstanding pattern” of arresting people for driving under the influence without probable cause and due process. The plaintiffs want HPD’s practices to be deemed unconstitutional. The lawsuit does not seek monetary damages.

A judge has dismissed a petition for a temporary restraining order against a Maui anesthesiologist accused of attempting to kill his wife on a Honolulu hiking trail. Gerhardt Konig’s wife initially filed the petition after he allegedly pushed her toward the edge of a cliff, attempted to inject her with a syringe and then bashed her head with a rock.

The captain called police and SWAT officers, and the FBI responded to search the aircraft. Nothing suspicious was found, and there was no threat to travelers, the police statement said.