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HPD Lawsuit Settlement: Teen Arrested By Classmate's Father To Receive $150,000  - Honolulu Civil Beat The lawsuit prompted the Honolulu Police Commission to recommend that HPD implement a conflict of interest policy. Reading time: 2 minutes. Honolulu taxpayers will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit in which a Honolulu police officer was accused of wrongfully arresting a 15-year-old who was allegedly being bullied by the officer’s son at school. Honolulu City Council members are slated to approve the settlement at their meeting on Wednesday. Jorge Rivera and his mother Jennifer Rivera sued...

Settlement reached in lawsuit against an HPD officer accused of abusing his power Rick Daysog © Provided by Honolulu KHNL HPD Building (File) HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The city has settled a lawsuit accusing a Honolulu Police officer of improperly arresting a Kaneohe teenager who got into a fight with his son. Lawyers said Officer Kirk Uemura had a clear conflict of interest when he arrested the boy back in Nov. 2018 on the Kalaheo High School campus. They said the blatant conflict explains why the city settled the case just three months after it was filed. “It r...

Family members of several Halawa inmates who died of COVID-19 last month said the state did not do enough to protect the prisoners from getting infected.

COVID-19 created a new problem for recently released inmates, prison reform advocates say COVID-19 is creating a new problem for Hawaii inmates who recently completed their sentences By HNN Staff | February 7, 2021 at 6:32 PM HST - Updated February 8 at 5:08 AM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the past four years, Bud Bowles helped inmates who have just completed their sentences find temporary housing at local homeless shelters and triage centers. But due to the COVID pandemic, United Self-Help’s executive director said more and more of these maxed-out prisoners are being turned ...

Suspect in brutal Kahala stabbing wants judge to throw out charges Attorney seeks to have Kahala stabbing case dismissed By Rick Daysog | January 28, 2021 at 5:29 PM HST - Updated January 28 at 5:31 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Through his attorney, the suspect in a brutal stabbing of a teenager in Kahala last summer is asking a judge to throw out the charges. Erik Willis has been in custody without bail at the Oahu Community Correctional Center since July on second-degree attempted murder charges. But his lawyer, Eric Seitz, said much of the case is based on surveillance camera...