![Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/07/29154900/Screenshot-2024-07-29-at-3.48.07-PM-400x197.png)
Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says
The suspect, Albert Lauro Jr., committed suicide after he was determined to be the source of semen and other DNA found on Ireland's body and around the crime scene in 1991.
![The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/07/24135608/240724-dc-Miske-End-3491-400x267.jpg)
The Miske Criminal Enterprise May Be Gone But Other Powerful Crime Networks Remain
Federal prosecutors say the community is safer because of Michael Miske's racketeering conviction, but other groups are still at work in Hawaii's criminal underworld.
![Authorities Believe They Finally Figured Out Who Murdered Dana Ireland 30 Years Ago. Then He Killed Himself](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/11/16103150/Screenshot-2023-11-16-at-10.31.16 AM-400x226.png)
Authorities Believe They Finally Figured Out Who Murdered Dana Ireland 30 Years Ago. Then He Killed Himself
Attorneys for two brothers wrongly convicted in the case say Big Island police mishandled the recent investigation into the new suspect.
![Honolulu Prosecutor’s Tenacious Push For A Different Kind Of Probation Has Failed To Win Over Critics — So Far](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/07/10152433/240710-kf-Steve-Alm-118-400x267.jpg)
Honolulu Prosecutor’s Tenacious Push For A Different Kind Of Probation Has Failed To Win Over Critics — So Far
Steve Alm, running uncontested for reelection, swears by the HOPE probation model, which ensures predictable and immediate sanctions for violators, but studies have produced varying results.
![Where The Jury Found Mike Miske ‘Not Guilty’](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/01/08114056/240108-dc-Miske-Court-2636-400x300.jpg)
Where The Jury Found Mike Miske ‘Not Guilty’
Prosecutors failed to show beyond a reasonable doubt that Miske had paid for the murder of Johnathan Fraser, even though the jury convicted him of other crimes related to Fraser's death.
![The Miske Trial: The Accident That Led To Mike Miske’s Downfall](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2018/05/Screen-Shot-2018-05-29-at-6.37.00-PM-400x213.png)
The Miske Trial: The Accident That Led To Mike Miske’s Downfall
Prosecutors allege that Mike Miske wrongly blamed Jonathan Fraser for the death of his son, Caleb, and had him killed in retaliation.
![Short-Handed Kona Public Defender’s Office Won’t Accept New Drunken Driving Cases](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2016/05/HPD-Police-DUI-Sobriety-checkpoint-Alapai-Street-cops1-400x244.jpg)
Short-Handed Kona Public Defender’s Office Won’t Accept New Drunken Driving Cases
Former Big Island Judge Robert Kim says DUI cases are starting to back up in Kona, and he worries it could affect public safety.
![Denby Fawcett: City Pays For Team of Aloha Ambassadors To Make Waikiki Safer At Night](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/07/01141042/Trevor-Abarzua-Talking-to-an-Ambassador-2-400x267.jpg)
Denby Fawcett: City Pays For Team of Aloha Ambassadors To Make Waikiki Safer At Night
An armed robbery against Japanese tourists has prompted the consul general of Japan here to caution visitors.
![Another Suicide At The Maui Jail Leaves A Grieving Family To Conclude ‘Something Is Wrong’](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2022/10/28092152/Maui-Community-Correctional-Center-Module-A-riot-v6-400x267.jpg)
Another Suicide At The Maui Jail Leaves A Grieving Family To Conclude ‘Something Is Wrong’
Artrina De Lima's death is the sixth suicide at the Maui jail in the past four years. That is more than the total number of known suicides at all other Hawaii correctional facilities during that time.
![Judge Acquits Miske Of Attempted Murder Related To A 2017 Ambush At Kualoa Ranch](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2020/08/15161442/image1-e1660619939734-400x246.png)
Judge Acquits Miske Of Attempted Murder Related To A 2017 Ambush At Kualoa Ranch
The charges stem from an attack on Lindsey Kinney, a Kaneohe man a former Miske associate said the alleged crime boss wanted dead.