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A Wailuku man was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Thursday for first degree sexual assault against a minor under the age of 14. The sentence was handed down in Wailuku’s Second Circuit Court by Judge Peter Cahill.

A statewide Sexual Assault Awareness Month sign-waving is planned for Tuesday, April 4 at various locations across the state, including an event fronting the State Building on Maui from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.

The 52-year-old suspect was charged with two counts each of kidnapping, first degree terroristic threatening, first degree robbery, and one count each of methamphetamine trafficking and first degree sex assault.

A 13-year veteran officer with the Maui Police Department was arrested today on suspicion of first degree sexual assault.

An additional $14.2 million will be allocated to Hawaiʻi under the American Rescue Plan to provide emergency housing vouchers for over 700 people and families who are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless.

A Kīhei man arrested during this month’s Operation Keiki Shield 7 law enforcement operation, is now accused of sex assault by individuals who have since come forward, police said.

Michael Hirokawa was indicted on Dec. 2, 2020 for one count of attempted murder in the second degree, one count of kidnapping, and three counts of sexual assault in the first degree. 

Trial has yet to begin for a man arrested and charged for the alleged attempted sex assault of a woman in a mall bathroom earlier this year.

Big Island Police have charged three individuals and arrested a fourth on suspicion of multiple offenses stemming from a kidnapping and assault investigation.

A jury trial has been continued to July 22, for Raymond Birano Jr., the man charged for the alleged attempted sex assault of a woman in a mall bathroom.

A man accused of breaking-in to a Kīhei home and sexually assaulting a three-year-old girl, is scheduled for a hearing on Maui today.

For the very first time in decades, Maui Mayor Michael Victorino, broke his silence today about a personal account of sex assault from when he was a child.

Maui police arrested a Haʻikū man after an early morning break-in and sex-assault reported against a three-year-old girl in Kīhei.

A Maui grand jury returned an 18 count indictment against Jonathan Furtado for sex assault charges stemming from alleged offenses against a teen girl in 2009.

A man involved in a barricade situation at the Harbor Lights Condominium complex in Kahului last week, will face a jury trial for multiple charges.

Within 24-hours, mall management says video surveillance cameras were added to both the food court and south wing restroom hallways.

Raymond Birano Jr., 58, entered a not guilty plea today after being indicted by a grand jury for kidnapping and attempted first degree sexual assault.

A 58-year-old man was arrested after an alleged attempted sex assault incident at a restroom near the food court at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center, police said.

Former Maui Police Captain, Stephen Orikasa was sentenced on Tuesday to one year probation for a misdemeanor fourth degree sex assault charge.

A high-ranking Maui police officer entered a not guilty plea today to a misdemeanor sex assault charge and requested that the matter be set for jury trial.