Category: Honolulu Prosecutor Press Releases
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Man indicted for firing bullet that killed a Wai`anae Man
An O‛ahu grand jury indicted Korey Farinas, 21, today on one count of Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, three counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, and seven felony firearms charges for a shooting on January 20, 2024 in Wai‛anae that targeted people in a…
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Man indicted for attempted murder in chemical attack near Ala Moana
An O‘ahu grand jury indicted Sebastian Mahkwan, 29, for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Assault in the First Degree for allegedly dousing a woman with a chemical liquid near Ala Moana Center on January 23, 2024.
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Game room shooter sentenced to three consecutive 20-year prison terms
Circuit Court Judge Fa’auuga To’oto’o sentenced Manu Sorensen, 33, to three 20-year prison terms to be served consecutively for a deadly shooting during a botched game room robbery on September 29, 2018 in the Ala Moana area.
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Man found guilty of assaulting police officer
A Circuit Court jury found Hokuokalani Patoc, 40, guilty of Assault in the First Degree for hitting a Honolulu police officer on the head with a metal object before fleeing in the officer’s subsidized police vehicle and refusing police commands to stop.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for setting sleeping homeless man on fire
William Del Michael Woods was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for dousing a man with a gasoline mixture and lighting him on fire while he lay sleeping on a sidewalk near downtown Honolulu on May 12, 2021.
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Man indicted on manslaughter charges for collision that killed mother and daughter in Nanakuli
Joseph Peters-Holokahi was indicted by an O‘ahu grand jury on two counts of manslaughter and other felony offenses for recklessly causing the death of Kelsey Palisbo, 38, and her seven year old daughter when he crashed into her parked vehicle in Nānākuli on February 26, 2022.
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Man and woman indicted for Mililani Murder
Michael Caspino and Sabricia Lee Hao have been indicted by an O‘ahu grandy jury for Murder in the Second Degree and other charges in connection with the shooting death of 37-year-old Barabbas Dietrich in Mililani on December 14, 2023.
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Brown and Dandurand both sentenced to life in prison
Stephen Brown, 29, and Hailey Dandurand, 26, both received sentences in Honolulu Circuit Court that include life in prison with the possibility of parole for the murdering of Telma Boinville on December 7, 2017.
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Mitchel Miyashiro charged in hit-and-run death of Sara Yara
Mitchel Miyashiro has been charged with Negligent Homicide in the First Degree and other offenses for the hit-and-run death of 16-year-old Sara Yara in a marked crosswalk on Kapi‘olani Boulevard on February 15, 2023.
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Man indicted for murder at Nanakuli Beach Park
An O‘ahu grand jury indicted Justin Akana, 28, for Murder in the Second Degree for the stabbing death of 62-year-old Dennis Wilson at Nanakuli Beach Park on November 7, 2023.
