Picture Credit: Hawaii News Now News Source: Hawaii News Now Ian Shippen is a working comedian who almost lost his life. Last week, a Honolulu Police Department officer struck him with a patrol vehicle at the corner of Ala Wai Boulevard and Liliuokalani Avenue in Waikiki. Shippen was walking in a marked crosswalk. He had…
A Hawaii Island man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive in a bus on his Hilo property two years ago pleaded no contest to multiple charges in a Kona courtroom Tuesday morning. Cher Angelel spoke on behalf of her daughter, Mikella, after the hearing. The family expressed deep gratitude, thanking everyone who had a part in not only bringing the teen home, but also those who have helped to deliver justice in this years-long case.
A Hawaii Island man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive in a bus on his Hilo property two years ago pleaded no contest to multiple charges in a Kona courtroom Tuesday morning. Cher Angelel spoke on behalf of her daughter, Mikella, after the hearing. The family expressed deep gratitude, thanking everyone who had a part in not only bringing the teen home, but also those who have helped to deliver justice in this years-long case.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HILO, Hawaiʻi — Zachery Winston, a 34-year-old Hawaiʻi Island resident, was killed in a head-on collision on the Daniel K. Inouye Highway on May 5, 2026. His family has come forward publicly, in their time of deep loss and grief, to call on government officials to enact immediate safety reforms. The stretch of…
A Hawaii Island man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive in a bus on his Hilo property two years ago pleaded no contest to multiple charges in a Kona courtroom Tuesday morning. Cher Angelel spoke on behalf of her daughter, Mikella, after the hearing. The family expressed deep gratitude, thanking everyone who had a part in not only bringing the teen home, but also those who have helped to deliver justice in this years-long case.
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The state has settled a Kona Circuit Court lawsuit for $750, 000 with the biological parents of a 3-year-old Hawaii island boy who died eight years ago while under the temporary foster care of Chasity Alcosiba-McKenzie and her husband, Clifton McKenzie, at their Waimea home.
The state has tentatively agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit over the mysterious death of a 3-year-old boy in state foster custody in 2017 on the Big Island.
Fabian Garett-Garcia died on July 25, 2017, and his caregivers told authorities he was injured by accident when he fell on his face from a 3-foot-high bench while wearing virtual reality goggles at the foster home in Waimea.
A third wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in connection with a COVID-19 outbreak at Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo that has killed 27 residents.
Kona attorney Jeffrey Foster filed the civil suit Wednesday in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of Tracy Bennedsen, Margaret Robinson and Roberta Plancich, sisters of 73-year-old Stephan Plancich of Ka‘u, who died Sept. 17 of a COVID-19 infection received at the facility.
Defendants in the case include Avalon Health Care Group and several of its subsidiaries; Tina Irwin, Avalon’s regional vice president for Hawaii; and governmental “Doe” entities.
“For the last two and a half years, the Garett-Garcia family has been stuck in a purgatory, waiting for Fabian’s killer to be held legally accountable for Fabian’s death. While the legal charges for the foster mother confirm the family’s worst fears, it also serves as an indictment for the foster care system on Hawaii Island. The family hopes that Fabian’s death will result in long overdue changes to the foster care system and a pledge of the necessary financial resources to protect children.”