Ex-Honolulu police chief, estranged wife plead guilty

HONOLULU (AP) — A retired Honolulu police chief and his wife, a former deputy city prosecutor, pleaded guilty Tuesday to bank fraud in order to avoid other trials against them, capping a federal corruption investigation that brought down the once-respected and powerful couple. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Louis and Katherine Kealoha pleaded... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

June 28, 2019

Hawaii power couple convicted in plot to frame a relative

HONOLULU (AP) — A jury has found a former Honolulu prosecutor and her now-retired police chief husband guilty in a plot to frame a relative to silence him from revealing fraud that financed their lavish lifestyle, a case that shook the top levels of law enforcement. The verdict came Thursday in what has been described... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

June 26, 2019

Prosecutor says Hawaii police chief, wife abused positions

HONOLULU (AP) — The former police chief of Honolulu and his wife, a former deputy prosecutor, abused their positions in an attempt to silence a relative who could have exposed the financial fraud that funded their lavish lifestyle, a U.S. prosecutor said Tuesday. The contention came during closing arguments at the conspiracy trial of Louis... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

June 6, 2019

Uncle denies theft in Hawaii power couple’s corruption trial

HONOLULU (AP) — The first question a special federal prosecutor asked a witness Wednesday in an ongoing Hawaii corruption trial: Did you take the mailbox at the home of a now-retired police chief and his wife? “Absolutely not,” answered Gerard Puana. U.S. prosecutors say framing Puana was key to a conspiracy by ex-Honolulu chief Louis... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

May 23, 2019

Corruption trial opens for scandal-mired Hawaii power couple

HONOLULU (AP) — The former Honolulu deputy prosecutor accused of framing her uncle to keep him from exposing financial fraud that supported the lavish lifestyle of her and her husband — a now-retired city police chief — comes from a big family with complicated relationships, her defense attorney said Wednesday as a corruption trial against... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

April 29, 2019

Corruption claims, mailbox send Hawaii power couple to trial

HONOLULU (AP) — He was Honolulu’s Rolex-wearing police chief, an avid surfer who chatted with beat cops in Pidgin, Hawaii’s creole language. She was his deputy city prosecutor wife, who drove a Maserati and led an elite unit targeting career criminals while showering lunches on colleagues, friends and even the workers renovating her home. For... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

October 24, 2018

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge said the medical records of a former Honolulu prosecutor convinced him that a trial against her and her retired police chief husband must be delayed. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Puglisi said he reviewed Katherine Kealoha’s confidential medical records filed under seal and determined she wouldn’t be able to attend... Read More

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Louis Kealoha

September 18, 2018

Ex-Honolulu chief’s wife resigns as prosecutor before trial

HONOLULU (AP) — The wife of a former Honolulu chief is resigning as a deputy prosecutor nearly a year after a grand jury indicted the couple on corruption-related charges. The Honolulu prosecuting attorney’s office issued a one-sentence news release Monday: “Katherine Kealoha has resigned as a Deputy Prosecutor.” Kealoha’s husband is former police Chief Louis... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

Ex-Honolulu police chief, estranged wife plead guilty

Hawaii power couple convicted in plot to frame a relative

Prosecutor says Hawaii police chief, wife abused positions

Uncle denies theft in Hawaii power couple’s corruption trial

Corruption trial opens for scandal-mired Hawaii power couple

Corruption claims, mailbox send Hawaii power couple to trial

Trial delayed against ex-police chief, ex-prosecutor wife

Ex-Honolulu chief’s wife resigns as prosecutor before trial

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