U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii
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Leonard Gutierrez, 65, of Whittier, California, was sentenced to 340 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to several drug and firearm offenses.
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Four residents of Oahu have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Ken Sorenson.
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Brigida Chock, a 65-year-old resident of Ewa Beach and Filipino national, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for her role in a tax refund fraud scheme.
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A Japanese national has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to illegally export firearm components and tactical accessories from the United States to Japan.
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A Hilo resident, Eddie P. Poai, 50, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug-trafficking crimes.
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A Canadian man, Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, has been indicted for wire fraud following allegations that he posed as a commercial airline pilot to secure free flights.
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A Big Island resident, Douglas Mycko, 61, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, was sentenced to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $561,587.91 in restitution after pleading guilty to filing a false tax return.
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Lynden David Lightburn, 52, from Los Angeles, California, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine.
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A Kauai woman has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation.
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Jess Kiesel Lee, a 43-year-old resident of Kula, Maui, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing explosive powder as a convicted felon.
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A Waimanalo man has been arrested and charged with producing child pornography, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Ken Sorenson.
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Shane Takasane, a 43-year-old resident of Honolulu, was sentenced to three years of probation for selling Hawaiian yellow tang and kole tang that were caught illegally.
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Sidney Campbell, a 45-year-old resident of Honolulu, has been charged by criminal complaint with illegal possession of firearms as a convicted felon.
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Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, was arrested and charged with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
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David Borges, a 43-year-old resident of Koloa, has been sentenced to 352 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to multiple charges including extortion, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and...
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John Floyd and Nelson Wu, both civilian employees of the United States Navy’s Fuels Department at Pearl Harbor, have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to make false statements to the Hawaii Department of Health regarding a jet fuel spill at...
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Mason Jordan, a former officer with the Honolulu Police Department, has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for child sex crimes committed while he was an active law enforcement officer.
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Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati, a 39-year-old resident of Waianae, Hawaii, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.
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A former officer with the Maui Police Department has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation for using unreasonable force during an arrest.
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Dwayne Yuen, a 52-year-old basketball coach from Honolulu, was sentenced to 405 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for multiple child exploitation and harassment offenses involving ten victims.