Four former high school friends were sentenced to between 90 and 349 days in jail Friday for their roles in the fatal beating of professional surfer Emery Kauanui, sentences far shorter than prosecutors had sought.
Superior Court Judge John S. Einhorn said he considered the defendants’ past clean records and lack of evidence that any of [...]

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The Kaua‘i Police Department recently concluded its operation “Round-Up” after four months of extensive investigation into drug trafficking around the island, according to a news report from Lt. Eric Shibuya of the Narcotics-Vice unit.
KPD officers, working in conjunction with members of the Maui Police Department, Hawai‘i County Police Department and United States Marshals Service over [...]

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Bank robber Mark Chambers, who hitchhiked to the Kaua‘i Police Department to turn himself in three days after taking almost $3,000 from the First Hawaiian Bank branch in Lihu‘e’s Kukui Grove Center on May 24, has pleaded guilty to the sole count of the federal complaint lodged against him, U.S. Attorney Amy Olson said yesterday.
Olson [...]

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The Kapaa facility is vandalized and its computers are stolen
Burglars broke into Kapaa Middle School over the weekend, setting off fire extinguishers and stealing about a dozen computers, officials said yesterday.
“It’s a devastating blow,” said William Arakaki, Kauai complex area superintendent. “The entire (seventh-) grade level will be impacted.”
The thieves broke into the library in [...]

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Two males were arrested and charged with first-degree attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting this weekend on the Eastside, county officials said yesterday.
A 26-year-old man is being held at police cellblock in Lihu‘e. The other suspect, reportedly a 17-year-old male, is being held at a detention center on O‘ahu.
The suspects were arrested in [...]

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Pleading guilty to a lesser charge should bring shorter jail time
Four of five men originally charged with murdering professional surfer and former Kauai resident Emery Kauanui, Jr., pleaded guilty to lesser charges today.
The men had faced up to life in prison if convicted of murder in the beating death of the 24-year-old Hawaiian surfer outside [...]

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