Press Releases
5/04/09 |
Mayor Billy Kenoi presented U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo with a Ko'a wood key to Hawai'i County Monday in a ceremony at the County’s Aupuni Center conference room in Hilo. Photos:
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4/15/09 |
Jerome Kenneth Kingzio, age 28, of Saipan, sentenced to 21 days imprisonment for assaulting a fellow passenger on an airline flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu on March 21, 2009. |
3/16/09 |
A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Oahu resident Allan Aquino Lafuente for the following crimes that occurred in late 2005 - early 2006: -One count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; |
3/10/09 |
David Silivano Gilliam, entered a plea of not guilty to a six-count indictment returned on February 11, 2009. GILLIAM, a former Captain in the United States Army, is charged with theft of government property, bulk cash smuggling, interstate and foreign transportation of stolen money, money laundering, and making false statements to federal officers. |
2/9/09 |
United States Attorney Ed Kubo yesterday announced the unsealing of an Indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Hawaii on January 7, 2009, charging HENRY CALUCAG, aka “Hank Jacinto”, and DEBRA ANAGARAN, both of Honolulu, with financial crimes relating to their acquisition in 1990 of a residence formerly belonging to Hawaii resident Arthur Spooner Young. |
2/9/09 |
Yong Sang Kim, age 38, was sentenced today by Chief District Judge Helen Gillmor to 36 months in prison for his role in operating an illegal gambling business on Oahu. |
2/6/09 |
Patricia Cleary Syling, 39, of Lutz, Florida, pled guilty today in federal district court to all eight counts of mail fraud with which she had been charged by a federal grand jury last year. |
1/23/09 |
Chief United States District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced co-defendants Lauolefiso Afo and Joe Daniels, to prison terms of 185 months and 170 months, respectively, upon their convictions for conspiracy to distribute, attempted distribution, and possession with intent to distribute approximately 50 pounds of methamphetamine. At a separate sentencing hearing, a third co-defendant, Junior Auelua, was sentenced to a 185-month prison term for violations arising from the same 50-pound shipment. |
1/23/09 |
A Honolulu jury returned guilty verdicts against Kauai resident Darwin Leones, age 27, for federal firearms trafficking and possession offenses. |
12/9/08 |
Bruce Robert Travis, sentenced by Chief District Judge Helen Gillmor to 24 months in prison for obstructing and impeding the lawful administration of the tax laws by the Internal Revenue Service and filing a false amended federal individual income tax return for the calendar year 2000. |
11/3/08 |
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10/17/08 |
A federal jury returned a verdict finding Nelson Gaitan-Ayala, of Las Vegas, Nevada, guilty of conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine; distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine; and using a cell phone to assist in the distribution of drugs. |
10/17/08 |
A federal jury returned verdicts today finding Arnold Luna and Shana Galan, guilty of aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine within one thousand feet of Honolulu Community College which is located within the Downtown/Kalihi Weed and Seed site. |
10/10/08 |
Honolulu physician, Barry N. Odegaard, M.D., sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine of $12,500 for illegally distributing and dispensing Oxycontin, a prescription drug containing oxycodone, a controlled substance. |
10/08/08 |
Henry Hung Nguyen, a licensed Honolulu notary faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of false notary certification stemming from a joint probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) into allegations he notarized information on applications for immigrant visas knowing the information was false. |
10/08/08 |
United States Attorney for Hawaii, Ed Kubo, announced today that the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded the State of Hawaii Department of Attorney General, a $468,870 federal grant to assist its Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to locate, arrest, and prosecute child sexual predators and to further enforce state offender registration laws. |
10/07/08 |
Silver Jose Galindo, aka "Daniel S. Galindo," to 470 months, or more than 39 years, in prison on a variety of federal drug trafficking and firearms violations. |
9/30/08 |
The United States Attorney's Office announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Hawaii's U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo with an Appreciation Award for his outstanding contributions to the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes in the State of Hawaii. |
9/29/08 |
The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Hawaii's U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo was the recipient of the prestigious "Lokahi" (Unity) Award on Friday, September 26, 2008, at a conference dinner event hosted by the Hawaii State Law Enforcement Officials Association (HSLEOA). |
9/29/08 |
Rodney Ballesteros, sentenced to six (6) months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, community service, and a $2,000 fine. This follows Ballesteros' guilty plea to dealing in explosive materials without a license in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 842(a)(1). |
9/04/08 |
Benjamin Acuna, Anabel Valenzuela and Eddy Olguin, all of Las Vegas, Nevada, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and forfeiting Acuna's and Valenzuela's interests in various property in Las Vegas. |
8/25/08 |
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8/12/08 |
Hamlet C. Bennett, sentenced to 78 months in prison for conspiring to impede and impair the functions of the Internal Revenue Service and for federal income tax evasion. |
8/10/08 |
The United States Attorney's Office announced today that Hawaii's U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo, received the "Seven Seals Award" by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), during an awards dinner at Hickam Air Force Base this Saturday. |
8/6/08 |
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7/14/08 |
Francis Kalani Lii, guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and methamphetamine distribution. |
7/7/08 |
Kenneth Firestone, a Hawaii resident, sentenced by United States District Judge David A. Ezra to 12 months and a day in prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release for failing to pay child support to three children from a former marriage. |
6/19/08 |
A federal jury today found Dr. Barry Odegaard, age 56, a resident of Honolulu, guilty of five of 13 charges of distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional medical practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. |
5/23/08 |
The United States Attorney's Office for Hawaii announced today that on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo will be the keynote speaker during a program commemorating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month in Washington D.C. Kubo will be speaking in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy U.S. Department of Justice Building. |
5/20/08 |
A federal court in Honolulu has permanently barred four Hawaii residents from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction orders were entered by Senior Judge Samuel P. King against Morgan Liddell, Cherie Bright, Loren Trenholm and Edward Coda as well as two companies-Bright Enterprises and Hawaii Financial Specialists. |
5/20/08 |
A federal court in Honolulu has permanently barred four Hawaii residents from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction orders were entered by Senior Judge Samuel P. King against Morgan Liddell, Cherie Bright, Loren Trenholm and Edward Coda as well as two companies-Bright Enterprises and Hawaii Financial Specialists. |
5/20/08 |
United States Attorney Announces Creation of Hawaii's Wounded Warrior Community Support Program |
5/13/08 |
EPA searches Leeward Oahu property for alleged illegal hazardous waste activity. |
4/10/08 |
Edward H. Kubo, Jr., United States Attorney for Hawaii, announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice, Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative has made approximately $89,000 available for worthy anti-gun or anti-gang programs in the state. |
3/20/08 |
U.S. Attorney Receives Law and Order Award From Honolulu Elks |
11/14/07 |
U.S. Attorney Receives Visitor Aloha Society Of Hawaii's Outstanding Community Service Award. |
11/01/07 |
Ed Kubo, the U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, and Jay Kimura, the County Prosecuting Attorney for the Big Island, jointly announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has awarded the Big Island a $443,405 grant for the establishment of a Third Circuit Drug Court Team. The funding is provided under a 2007 COPS Methamphetamine Initiative. |
09/28/07 |
The United States Attorney's Office for Hawaii announces that U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo, has been awarded the Honor Award for Public Service by the National Association of Chiefs of Police (NACOP). |
08/20/07 |
United States Attorney Ed Kubo Announces a Get Tough Approach to Identity Theft Involving Military Victims in Hawaii. |
08/16/07 |
United States Attorney Ed Kubo announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office, in coordination with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), will be awarding Certificates of Patriotism to Hawaii's employers of National Guard and Reserve members. |
07/10/07 |
Ed Kubo, the U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Hawaii has become a Certifying Organization for the President's Volunteer Service Award, a national program recognizing Americans who excel in volunteer community service. |
