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1 day ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

An international law enforcement operation targeting illegal drug sales online resulted in the prosecution of a Waikoloa man and highlighted how dealers are using the internet to ship drugs to Hawaii users. Operation RapTor resulted in the arrests of 270 dark web vendors, buyers, and administrators in Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

1 day ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

For the second time since Sunday, Honolulu police had to shoot a suspect who refused to surrender after ramming an unmarked police car in Makaha until it burst into flames. Iosua David Stevens, 38, was arrested Tuesday at the 81-1000 block of Hana Street at 4:16 p.m. on suspicion of car theft, two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and four outstanding contempt warrants.

2 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

A 52-year-old man was arrested after Honolulu police busted an illegal gambling den operating on Waimano Home Road Tuesday evening. Honolulu Police Department officers executed a search warrant at an illegal gambling room near Hoolehua Street at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a social media post from HPD. “Officers recovered 16 gambling machines and $3,855 in cash.

2 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

Honolulu police were justified to use deadly force to stop a 32-year-old man in June 2023 after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Kalauipo Street home and threatened to shoot people with a police officer’s rifle, Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm announced Tuesday. Nathaniel Filimoni Taualai, who was 6’2” tall and weighed 228 pounds, died of multiple gunshot wounds in Pearl City on June 23, 2023, after he grabbed an officer’s unattended rifle and pointed it at police while they tried to capture him.

3 days ago | staradvertiser.com | Peter Boylan

The soon-to-be acting chief of the Honolulu Police Department selected his deputies today to help manage operations while the process to pick the city’s 13th police chief plays out. Deputy Chief Rade K. Vanic announced the selection of Assistant Chief Ryan Nishibun to serve as the acting deputy chief for Field Operations and Assistant Chief Aaron Takasaki-Young to serve as the acting deputy chief of Administrative Operations. They start their new roles Aug. 1.