CRIME & SAFETY
HPD responds to barricade in Mililani, Lanikuhana Ave closed in both directions
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Per HPD’s social media, a barricade situation has shut down Lanikuhana Avenue from Makimoimo Street to Anania Drive in both directions. According to the Honolulu Police active dispatch page, officers were called to the scene just after 7:20 p.m. on a threatening case. Officials advise the public to avoid the area.
Honolulu CrimeStoppers looking for several assault suspects
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - HPD Sgt. Chris Kim of Honolulu CrimeStoppers is asking the public for help to find suspects in assaults in Pearl City, Ala Moana and Manoa. On Friday, April 19, 2024, at approximately 6:20 a.m., a 60-year-old woman was walking near Kamehameha Highway and Acacia Road in Pearl City when an unknown male sexually assaulted her then fled.
Police investigating early-morning aggravated assault in Waipahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Police are investigating an early-morning aggravated assault Saturday morning in Waipahu. Police records show a 54-year-old man threw an object at an 18-year-old man, hitting him in the head shortly after midnight. Officials said the suspect was taken into custody. No charges have been filed. Copyright 2024...
HPD arrest people involved in kidnapping in Honolulu
HONOLULU (Island News) – Honolulu Police Department officials arrest three suspects involved in a kidnapping in Honolulu. On Thursday, April 25, at 10:57 a.m. HPD arrested Kona Kanekoa-Sepulona, 20, Jerry Lum, 56, and Angel Sepulona, 41, in the Honolulu area for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl while she walked to school Thursday morning around 7:20 a.m.
2 people, including 3-year-old boy, seriously injured after being ejected from moped
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 3-year-old boy and an adult male were seriously injured in a moped crash in Ewa Beach on Thursday afternoon, Emergency Medical Services said. It happened around 4:10 p.m. on Keahumoa Parkway. EMS said the boy and a man in his 20s to 30s were on a...
Apparent explosion on fishing boat at Pier 36 leaves 5 injured, including 2 critically
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - An apparent explosion on a fishing boat at Pier 36 on Friday afternoon left five men injured, including two critically, according to Emergency Medical Services. Crews received an initial call for a man on fire around 3:30 p.m. Upon arrival, first responders found several people severely burned.
Salt Lake residents call attention to 'dangerous' intersection multiple pedestrian accidents
SALT LAKE, Hawaii (Island News) – The Salt Lake Neighborhood Board has been asking the city to make changes to a crosswalk at the intersection of Ala Lilikoi Street and Ala Ilima Street since 2019, after a woman was struck by a vehicle. Since then, nothing has been done.
With murder suspects indicted, loved ones remember victim: ‘He was a good-hearted guy’
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A grand jury has indicted an Oahu couple accused of murdering a man in Kahuku, then leaving his body to decay in the bushes. Kalei Carrion, 39, and Angeline Torres, 42, was indicted for second-degree murder for killing 57-year-old Joseph Mattson last September. His badly decomposing body...
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