#FBI Honolulu

John B. Stancil, 37, of Waimanalo, was sentenced in federal court by US District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 240 months of imprisonment (the statutory maximum) followed by 3 years of supervised release for racketeering conspiracy.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Honolulu is seeking information regarding Abigail Bernstein, 33, and her two children, Koa Kai Bernstein, age 11, and Kush Kohole Bernstein, age 8. The family was last seen at Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, in October of 2022.

Recent sightings of lasers in and around Kahului and Kapalua Airport were reported and documented in the past week. Pilots landing at the airports have experienced a green laser illuminating their aircraft while on approach to land. Neighborhoods with reported incidents include: Kahului, Kapalua, Kīhei, and Nākālele.

When a wildfire devastated the island of Maui on Aug. 8, killing at least 97 people and destroying more than 2,000 homes, the FBI offered assistance to law enforcement partners on Maui. Today that assistance continues as teams work to identify remains and confirm individuals who are unaccounted for.

Maui police are now confirming a report of a Lahaina family who had located their son’s remains within their residence and brought him to a nearby police station.

Two weeks after the fast moving fire burned down much of Lahaina, the death toll is at 115; the remains that have been identified is at 43; and the number of “unaccounted for” is between 1,000 and 1,100, according to officials.

After 35 witnesses and eight days of testimony since Aug. 1, closing statements from the state and defense are expected on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.

Locally, FBI agents identified and located seven adolescent victims during this operation that ran on Aug. 12, 2022.

Law enforcement and FBI personnel testified Tuesday in the trial for Bernard Brown, who is accused of second degree murder in the disappearance and presumed death of his ex-girlfriend, Moreira “Mo” Monsalve. 

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are working to investigate the cyber-attack against the operator of the City and County of Honolulu’s systems managing TheBus and TheHandi-Van.

A Waiʻanae man pled guilty in federal court on Friday to embezzling more than $500,000 from the nonprofit AmeriCorps, and agreeing to accept a bribe for the administration of CARES Act funds.

Former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former Honolulu prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, were sentenced in federal court this week to 84 months and 156 months in prison, respectively, for a range of criminal conduct, including framing their relative with a crime to conceal their own fraud.

The racketeering activity allegedly included “acts involving murder, kidnapping, arson and robbery.” The allegations further include “acts relating to murder-for-hire, chemical weapons, extortionate credit transactions, racketeering, interference with commerce through robbery and extortion, drug trafficking, wire fraud, fraud in connection with identification documents, financial institution fraud, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, money laundering and obstruction of justice.”

Photographs and an informational poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 40, are being circulated nationwide. His location is unknown.

Ikaika Kang is charged with providing a drone and military clothing and equipment and combat training to undercover agents he believed was affiliated with ISIS.

Ikaika Kang, an active duty soldier assigned to Schofield Barracks, was arrested by an FBI SWAT team on July 8, for allegedly providing material support to ISIS

“While we don’t know that this suspect is in Hawaiʻi, the fact is that he has to be somewhere. As such, we are asking people to share his photos on social media, so we can get some meaningful tips,” said Honolulu FBI Special Agent Tom Simon.

Sherbow reportedly sent an email to the FBI on Aug. 2 threatening to decapitate Gabbard, according to a report published in the Hawaiʻi Reporter.

Honolulu FBI agents arrested a man yesterday morning after he allegedly struck a female flight attendant aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Tokyo to Honolulu, said FBI authorities.

A man wanted by the Government of American Samoa for the alleged rape of a 13 year old student, was arrested by the FBI last night in Honolulu.