Department of the Prosecuting Attorney

The Honolulu Prosecutor is warning taxpayers of possible check thefts as IRS refund checks roll in. This comes as the prosecutor has charged a Honolulu man on multiple counts of forgery and attempted theft.

Oʻahu has seen some violent crimes in the first few months of 2022. Some people have chalked it up to more guns on the street or mental health problems or drugs and gambling. Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm joined The Conversation to discuss efforts to address violent crime and homelessness, particularly in Waikīkī.

A special House committee is expected to decide later this month whether or not Rep. Sharon Har violated House rules. Har was arrested after being stopped going the wrong way on Beretania Street — a major one-way road. Har claimed she had a beer with dinner, and her impaired driving was a result of a bad reaction to the medication she was taking.

Authorities say a couple trafficked a 15-year-old girl and her mother from Guam to Hawaiʻi, where they took away their passports, forced them to work and beat them. Kevin and Pomerrine Robert are charged with felony labor trafficking.

The Honolulu Prosecutor has accused Kobina Nyarku, 30, of using a local bank’s computer to illegally obtain information on its employees. He was charged with two felony counts.

Honolulu's prosecuting attorney will not pursue a third trial against Christopher Deedy — concluding a more than decade-long legal saga. Deedy was a federal agent providing security for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2011. While off duty, Deedy shot and killed Kollin Elderts during a late-night altercation in Waikiki.

The pandemic is postponing a drug-dealing trial against the physician brother of a former Honolulu prosecutor imprisoned in a corruption case that also took down her ex-police chief husband.

Portions of Honolulu police body camera videos were shown in court Wednesday during a hearing to determine whether there is probable cause to support murder and attempted murder charges against three officers in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Micronesian boy.

A hearing is underway to determine whether there is probable cause for charges against three Honolulu police officers in a shooting that killed a 16-year-old Micronesian boy.

A judge began hearing from witnesses to determine whether there is probable cause for murder and attempted murder charges against three Honolulu police officers in a shooting that killed a 16-year-old Micronesian boy.