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Puna man gets 10 years for sex assault case involving minor at Hawai‘i Youth Challenge Academy

Paul Banashihan Jr. was employed by the program when the offenses occurred in April 2018.

Captain Cook man gets 15 years in prison for 2023 robbery, burglary at Kahuku Gift Shop

Derick Camacho assaulted and bound the gift shop owner’s hands and feet with tape before he was subdued by responding police officers.

Kea‘au man guilty of attempted meth distribution, Kona jury finds

The cased stemmed from an October 2021 traffic stop, where police found methamphetamine on Zuffante’s person and in his car.

Ocean View man charged with stealing a Jeep and possessing methamphetamine

Benjamin Kawika Jerin-Kealoha, 46 of Ocean View, was charged with stealing a Jeep rental car, resisting an order to stop and methamphetamine possession following his arrest on Jan. 21 in Kona.

Pāhoa man sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of methamphetamine

“Methamphetamine continues to be one of the most dangerous narcotics plaguing our  community and families on Hawai‘i Island,” Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen said.

Kona man found guilty of sexual assault of minor under 14

A jury found 45-year-old Joshua Masuda-Mercado of Kailua-Kona guilty of continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14 and attempted sexual assault in the first degree on Wednesday in Kona Circuit Court.