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The Latest: Court papers describe police mailbox conspiracy
HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on arrests of current and former Honolulu police officers (all times local):
1 p.m.
Court documents say a retired Honolulu police major lied about an investigation into a mailbox the former department chief said was stolen from his home by his wife's uncle.
A criminal complaint filed in federal court Monday accuses retired major Gordon Shiraishi of obstruction of an official proceeding.
FBI agents arrested Shiraishi and Officer Mihn-Hung "Bobby" Nguyen Sunday. Court documents say Nguyen conspired with others to alter evidence and provide false information in the mailbox case.
Their attorneys didn't immediately return calls seeking comment.
Former chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine Kealoha, accused her uncle of stealing their mailbox. Gerard Puana went to trial for the theft in 2014. The case abruptly ended in a mistrial and charges against Puana were dismissed.
His federal public defender took allegations of police misconduct to the FBI, prompting an investigation.
Kealoha agreed to retire as chief after receiving notice he was a focus of the investigation.
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A Honolulu Police Department officer and retired major arrested by the FBI over the weekend are expected to appear in federal court on Monday.
The arrests Sunday of Officer Minh-Hung "Bobby" Nguyen and retired major Gordon Shiraishi are part of a federal corruption investigation that stemmed from the peculiar case of a mailbox former chief Louis Kealoha said was stolen from his home by his wife's uncle.
Gerard Puana went to trial for the theft in 2014. The case abruptly ended in a mistrial, and charges against Puana were dismissed.
Puana's federal public defender, Alexander Silvert, then took police corruption allegations to the FBI, prompting an investigation. Silvert says the mailbox case uncovered department-wide misconduct.
Kealoha agreed to retire after receiving notice from the FBI that he's a target of an investigation.
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