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State of Hawai'i v. Scott David Deangelo
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder and first degree arson. Scott David Deangelo was accused of killing his roommate and setting fire to his apartment.
View VerdictValley Isle Motors, Ltd. v. P. Denise Law Costa
Wailuku, Hawaii, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a breach of contract claim. Valley Isle sued La Costa for $7,567.20. The amended complaint alleged that La Costa "had service work performed at her request by Valley Isle Motors which work was approved by her insurer State Farm which issued checks for the approved work. [La Costa] caused payment to be stopped on the State Farm checks." La Costa counterclaimed for a "minimum of $21,000 for [d]amages to [her] vehicl
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nehemiah Kealoha
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder and assault a federal law enforcement official. Nehemiah Kealoha, 40, of Waianae, Oahu, approached a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force Officer who had assisted in executing a federal search warrant at the Waianae residence of an individual who had been placed under arrest for drug and firearms offenses. As the HSI Task Force Officer was preparing to depart the residence and
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shota Yamamoto
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (50 U.S.C. § 4819). Shota Yamamoto, 29, of Tokyo, Japan, conspired with another person to export firearm components and tactical accessories from the United States to Japan without the required licenses. Yamamoto intended to use those items to retrofit airsoft equipment for sale to airsoft enthusiasts in Japan seeking highly realistic equipment. Airsoft is a re
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Douglas Mycko
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer Caroline Elliott represented the Defendant charged with making ans subscribing to a false tax return. Douglas Mycko, 61, of Kurtistown, Hawaii, admitted to filing false tax returns for calendar years 2016 through 2020 in which he underreported his business income, resulting in losses to the federal government in the amount of $244,121.00 and to the State of Hawaii in the amount of $280,308.91. Mycko further admitted that despite working and continu
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Marquis Johnson
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with llegedly throwing acid on another man in Chinatown in Honolulu. Marquis Johnson, 34, turned himself in at Honolulu police headquarters and was held on suspicion of first-degree assault.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Travis Kalani Hong-Ah Nee
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing with intent to distribute carfentanil, possessing with intent to distribute carfentanil, and possessing ammunition. Travis Kalani Hong-Ah Nee, 36, of Oahu, was pulled over by a Honolulu Police Officer and then fled at a high rate of speed, later collided with an unmarked police car and left the scene, and subsequently led officers on a foot pursuit. When he was apprehended by law enf
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Silva
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251. Robert Silva, agte 52, of Waipahu, Hawaii, admitted that on multiple occasions in 2018 and 2019, he paid adults in the Philippines to sexually abuse children there during live internet video streams. While in Hawaii, Silva created recordings of these video streams, which show him directing the adults to abuse the children, ranging from ages three
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Vernon Santiago
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon and an unlawful user of controlled substances. Vernon Santiago, 45, of Mountain View, Hawaii, has a prior federal felony conviction from 2005 for unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition as an unlawful user of controlled substances, for which he was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. In January 2024, law enforcement executed a state search wa
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Heidi Cafirma
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns and wire fraud related to her fraudulent application for unemployment assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For tax years 2016 through 2020, Heidi Cafirma, 50, of Waipahu, Hawaii, filed false federal tax returns with the IRS for her and her spouse that underreported their business income and total taxes owed. In 2020, Cafirma also submitted a fraudulent application requesting Pande
View VerdictSeuga Aumua and Faaaloalo Aumua v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii, personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on negligence theories.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Lynden David Lightburn
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine, followed by 5 years of supervised release. From September 2020 to June 30, 2021, Lynden David Lightburn, a/k/a “Soulja,” age 42, of Los Angeles, California, supplied more than 6.6 kilograms of fentanyl, 6.4 kilograms of heroin, and 2.8 kilograms of methamphetamine to a Honolulu drug trafficking organization (DTO) co-led by Gabriel Antone Eberhard
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. John Doe
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with terroristic threatening after he allegedly brandished the butt of a firearm at a 33-year-old woman and identified himself as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent. “If someone finds themselves in a similar situation, the safest response is to call 911 right away,” Lee said. “Try to remember key details such as the suspect’s description, vehicle, or any weapons displayed, and share that information w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marion Anthony Rogers
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking.<br> <br> (a) Offenses.—<br> (1) Travel or conduct of offender.—<br> A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimidate a spouse, intimate partner, or dating partner, and who, in the course of or as a resu
View VerdictGeorge Hunter v. Bell Textron, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii, personal injury lawyers represent the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon Inada
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of materials containing child porno.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 2252 provides in part:<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> (1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mails, any visual depiction, if—<br> (A) the producing of such visual depiction involves the use o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Morris
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Shooting Federal Officer During Execution of Search Warrant and Sixteen-Hour Armed Standoff.<br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunitio
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Morris
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Robert Morris, 49, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint yesterday with assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.<br> <br> According to court documents, on October 22, 2025, federal a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jeffrey L. Goss, aka Loran Gross
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r manufacture and<br> possession with intent to distribute 100 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21<br> U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B); two counts of felon in possession of a firearm,<br> in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i).<br> <br> Gross’s argued that 18 U.S.C. § 9
View VerdictWarren Yoshimoto, et al. v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.; Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued to stop the merger of Alaska Air and Hawaii Airlines. <br> <br> Plaintiffs, a group including airline passengers and former travel agents, seek to enjoin Alaska Airlines’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The district court dismissed Plaintiffs’ complaint without leave to amend for lack of standing,<br> and it denied Plaintiffs’ motions for a temporary restraining order, reconsideration, oral argument,
View VerdictState of Hawai'i v. John Naki
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony abuse of a family member.<br> <br> The State of Hawaii claimed that defendant's two prior abuse of family or household member<br> (Abuse) offenses, charged in a single complaint resulting in a single judgment of conviction, constituted one prior conviction rather than the two prior convictions required for felony Abuse sentencing under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 709-906(8).<br>
View VerdictThe State of Hawai'i v. Craig Stephen MacDonald
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony.<br> <br> "The basic elements of procedural due process are notice and an opportunity to be heard at a meaningful time and<br> in a meaningful manner." Mauna Kea Anaina Hou v. Bd. of Land & Nat. Res., 136 Hawai‘i 376, 389, 363 P.3d 224, 237 (2015)
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Haitem Taylor Abid
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud by wire, radio or television in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, which provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any wr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ryan Holden Baxter
Honlulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making interstate threats in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), which provides:<br> <br> (c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.<br> <br>
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Jane Doe
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree attempted murder.<br> <br> Honolulu police arrested an 18-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old girl at Beretania Community Park.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Kinoshita
Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. <br> <br> 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(l)(A)<br> (1)
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dwayne Yuen
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Oahu Basketball Coach Sentenced to 405 Month in Prison for Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses Involving Ten Charged Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Dwayne Yuen, a 52-y
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jillian Pecika, aka Mango
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.
View VerdictDonna Darlene Berry v. Social Security Administration
Honolulu, Hawaii social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Justin Shanlyn A. S. Park
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl Pills </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Waikiki Drug Dealer Who Distributed Fentanyl Pills Linked to U.S. Marine’s Death Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced th
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Patrick Nowicke
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Armed Felon Indicted After Barricading Himself in Home with Over Ten Pounds of Methamphetamine and Illegal Firearms</h2></ce
View VerdictHelene Kaiwi v. Community Clinic of Maui, Inc.
Honolulu, Hawaii personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a class action theory.<br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eugene Raymond Hall
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marcel Tamaititahio
Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to import drugs.
View VerdictChunming Wang v. Estela Derr, et al.
Honolulu, Hawaii immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas to release INS detainee.
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. John Lee Franks
Hilo, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a minor.<br> <br> John Lee Franks, 47, was arrested over two years ago and charged in relation to incidents that occurred between November 2021 and February 2022.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brian Matsudo, Marshall Scott, Raheem Wells
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Scheme to Defraud Department of Veterans Affairs of Over $9.1M </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Three Individuals Charged in Scheme to Defraud Department of Veterans Affairs of Over $9.1M</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Three men were charged with participating in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Veterans Af
View VerdictD.R. v. T.R.
Hilo, Hawaii family law husband and wife with out layers in a divorce action.<br> <br> D.R. filed for divorce from T.R. on October 27, 2022. A divorce decree was entered on December 13, 2022. According to the transcript of a June 1, 2023 hearing, D.R. filed a number of post-decree motions: "request for modification, motion to seal, motion to dismiss [T.R.J's motion, motion for post-decree relief, and also [D.R.]'s motion to seal." According to the Decision and Order, evidentiary hearings were h
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Gordon Cordeiro
Maui, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Gordon Cordeiro, age 52, was convicted for a murder he did not commit and spent 30 years in prison before being exonerated an release when DNA evidence established that he was not the killer.<br> <br> Gordon Cordeiro, was convicted in October 1998 for the August 1994 murder of Timothy Blaisdell in an apparent drug deal robbery on the island of Maui. For decades, Mr. Cordeiro, 51, has maintained his inno
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jonathan Farr
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Honolulu Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Child Exploitation of Multiple Minors</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced that Jonathan Farr, 31, of Honolulu, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. Distr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John B. Stancil
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Miske Enterprise Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced that John B. Stancil, 37, of Waimanalo, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. Dis
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Maliu Tauheluhelu
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oahu Man Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Maliu Tauheluhelu, 40, of Honolulu, was indicted for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Joshua Masuda-Mercado
Hilo, Hawai'i criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14.<br> <br> 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, according to Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen. <br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher A. Mazzei, Erin V. Mazzei,
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money launderingDefrauding Paycheck Protection Program </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Senior United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Chris
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher A. Mazzei, Erin V. Mazzei
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Paycheck Protection Program</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Senior United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Christopher A. Mazzei, 46, and Erin V. Mazzei, 43, both of Arroyo Grande, California, to 36 months and 27 months of
View VerdictJuliana Alfieri v. United States Automobile Association
Honolulu, Hawaii insurance lawyer represented represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> PROCEDURAL LAW. DISMISSAL OF APPEAL. The case involves the dismissal of an appeal with prejudice based on a stipulation between the parties under Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 42(a), where the parties agreed to bear their own attorneys' fees and costs.<br> <br> Key Phrases Stipulation for Dismissal. Dismissal With Prejudice. Hawai'i Rules o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Blane Apostadiro
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy and Possessing and Discharging Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oahu Man Indicted for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy and Possessing and Discharging Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On December 19, 2024, a federal grand jury return
View VerdictChild Support Enforcement Agency, State of Hawaii v. I.S.
<h2><br> Honolulu, Hawaii family law lawyer represented the Defendant on a child support question.<br> </h2><br> <br> Mother is a responsible parent[2] under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 576E. On August 5, 2021, she asked the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) for a "modification of child support due to income change." The Office of Child Support Hearings (OCSH) held hearings on January 5, 2022, and April 6, 2022.<br> <br> 2<br> <br> On April 29, 2022, OCSH filed a Support Order[3]
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Alika K. Amasiu
<h2><br> Wailuku, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a first-degree assault.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Amasiu was charged with Assault in the First Degree, which is a class B felony. HRS § 707-710 (2014). A prosecution<br> for a class B felony "must be commenced within three years after it is committed[.]" HRS § 701-108(2)(d). This "period of limitation does not run . . . [d]uring any time when a prosecution against the accused for the same conduct is pendi
View VerdictState of Hawaii v. Tyler Benjamin Nichols
<h2><br> Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault agaist a law enforcement officer in the second-degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) 707-712.6 (20140.<br> </h2>
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