CRIME & SAFETY
Surveillance camera captures attack on city bus
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu police are looking for a man who was caught on camera attacking an older bus rider. Officials said the incident occurred on Bus #170 just before 8:30 a.m. on March 17. Police said the suspect suddenly punched the victim in the head; then he took off...
Suspect in deadly shooting in Kalihi surrenders to police
HONOLULU (Island News) -- A 20-year-old man surrendered to police on Tuesday in connection with a deadly shooting in the Kalihi area. Honolulu Police say the man was arrested on complaints of second-degree murder and other weapons offenses.
After badly decomposed body found on Hawaii Island, police reclassify case as murder
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - About a week after heavily decomposed human remains were found on a property in the Hawaii Ocean View Estate subdivision, Hawaii Island police have reclassified the case as a murder investigation. Police on Wednesday also identified the remains as 39-year-old Anthony Theodore Wagoner, whose last known address...
Hawaii Island police arrests man accused of duct taping woman, tying her to chair
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Island police have arrested a 50-year-old man accused of duct taping a woman, tying her to a chair and physically assaulting her. Ian Benjamin Winther, of Ocean View, has been charged Wednesday with various offenses including kidnapping, abuse, assault and terroristic threatening. Warning: The details in...
EMS: Man injured in rollover crash in Windward Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 21-year-old man suffered minor injuries after his car rolled over in Windward Oahu Tuesday evening, according to EMS officials. The rollover crash happened on Kamehameha Highway around 5:30 p.m. in the Kahana area. Officials said he refused medical help. The extent of his injuries is unclear.
HPD to set up impaired driver checkpoints through June
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu Police Department will set up impaired driver checkpoints across Oahu starting Wednesday. It’s part of the ongoing efforts to reduce the number of traffic injuries and deaths. HPD says it will set up checkpoints at various locations and times from May 1 through June...
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