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A 45-year-old registered sex offender was ordered held without bail Thursday after he allegedly admitted to collecting child pornography because of “an addiction” he has to feed to avoid abusing children.

The 47-year-old leader of a Waianae gang that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison.

The 47-year-old leader of that marketed methamphetamine, organized cockfights and kept a firing range on a 10-acre property will spend 14 years in federal prison. Edward Caspino was sentenced Friday by Senior U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 168 months followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine and operating an illegal gambling business. Caspino ...

The East-West Center is bracing for impact from potential elimination of federal government support under President Donald Trump’s plan to cut the State Department’s funding by half next fiscal year.

A 35-year-old Washington man will plead guilty to charges that he tried to sell more than 4,000 fentanyl pills on Hawaii island in December 2022, according to federal court documents.

A Honolulu police officer with a history of arrests for violating restraining orders brought by the mothers of his five children was arrested Thursday for allegedly violating a temporary restraining order.

Recent high-profile cases of child torture and neglect that led to the deaths of two children on Oahu have sharpened the focus for police officers and prosecuting attorneys pushing Hawaii lawmakers to pass a bill that would codify torture and outline punishment.

A sergeant with the Honolulu Police Department is the target of a federal investigation into allegations that there is recorded footage of him planting drug paraphernalia on the driver of a car during a November traffic stop.

Honolulu police arrested a 34-year-old man last night who allegedly tried to run over his pregnant girlfriend in Waianae on April 8.

An amended federal civil complaint alleges nine Hono­lulu police officers beat a 25-year-old man after knowing he wasn’t the prime suspect in a Jan. 1, 2024, pursuit and gunfight with an attempted murder suspect.