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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man, 50, charged with moving meth between Oahu and Maui
Federal prosecutors want a 50-year-old Maui man held without bail after he allegedly smuggled pounds of methamphetamine between Oahu and Maui using Mokulele Airlines. Frank William Keliihanui Kane Jr. of Lahaina was charged Monday by federal criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, being a felon in possession of a firearms and ammunition, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Since March, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations and officers with the Maui Police Department have been investigating Kane for the 'distribution of crystal methamphetamine ' on Maui, according to a complaint filed Monday. 'Multiple sources of information provided intelligence ' that Kane smuggled 'pound quantities ' of crystal methamphetamine from Oahu to Maui on Mokulele flights, according to an affidavit authored by a DEA agent. Kane is scheduled for a detention hearing today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aislinn K. Affinito is prosecuting the case. On May 9, federal agents secured a search warrant to use global positioning system technology to track Kane's mobile phone. On May 16, federal agents tracked Kane's movements from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport until he arrived at Kahului Airport. Kane was watched by law enforcement as a friend picked him at the curb and took him home. Kane was later seen picked up by a brown To yota Tacoma and driven to a park in Kahului. There Kane got out and met a man on a bicycle, and an exchange took place, according to court documents. Kane was later seen driving his white Tacoma to a gym to lift weights. When he left the gym, he was pulled over on Honoapiilani Highway near Kapoli Street in Wailuku. Kane was ordered to get out of the car and told that he was the subject of an 'ongoing narcotics investigation.' Kane then signed two MPD forms waiving his right to an attorney and allowing police and federal agents to search his person, vehicle, bags within the vehicle, digital devices and home. Before the searches, Kane allegedly admitted that he had a camouflage duffel bag in the truck that contained several ounces of cocaine, two 'ghost ' guns and ammunition. He also told law enforcement officers that there was a black duffel bag in the truck that contained a pound of crystal methamphetamine. Police and federal agents seized the two bags and found a little more than a pound of methamphetamine, 171.78 grams of cocaine and a digital scale. A 9mm ghost gun handgun with two loaded magazines and a ghost gun rifle with two magazines and 100 rounds of ammunition were also found. In March 2021, Kane was awaiting trial for habitually operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant when he was arrested again for habitual impaired driving and was ordered by a judge not to drive and to wear a device to continuously monitor alcohol in his system, according to The Maui News. Kane has convictions in 2007, 2011 and 2021 for habitual operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant and was sentenced to over one year of imprisonment. He has a lifetime revocation of his driver's license. He has three prior felony convictions and 33 prior convictions in state court dating back to 1997. They include five misdemeanor convictions for cruelty to animals.
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Hawaii auto sales could see uptick after falling in 2024
Auto sales in Hawaii ran out of gas and fell 3.2 % in 2024, but this year's outlook is seen as promising yet fraught with uncertainty. New-vehicle registrations, coming off their third consecutive down year, are expected to rise 2.4 % to 46, 200, according to a fourth-quarter report released recently from Hawaii Auto Outlook. However, Jeffrey Foltz, editor of the report, cautioned that potential changes in government policies threaten that outlook. Foltz said possible tax cuts, an increase in tariffs and reductions in the labor force due to deportations could hover over the automobile market. 'Most economists agree that collectively, these policy initiatives would accelerate inflation, potentially reversing recent improvements in affordability, ' Foltz said in the report, which is produced for the Hawaii Automobile Dealers Association. 'Despite these potential negatives, we think a strong labor market and pent-up demand accumulated during five years of below-average sales should be sufficient to push the market higher in 2025.' Don 't miss out on what 's happening ! Stay in touch with breaking news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It 's FREE ! Email 28141 Sign Up By clicking to sign up, you agree to Star-Advertiser 's and Google 's and. This form is protected by reCAPTCHA. State auto sales declined in 2024 to 45, 104 from 46, 593 in the previous 12 months. The drop-off follows on the heels of a 2.5 % decline in 2023 and a 12.5 % fall in 2022. On an encouraging note, however, sales inched up 1.8 % in the fourth quarter. Sales were down for the year on each of the four major islands : off 18.8 % on Kauai, down 6.6 % on Hawaii island, weaker by 3.9 % on Maui and down 1 % on Oahu. The state's overall performance fell short of the U.S. market, where auto sales rose 3.1 % for 2024. New-vehicle registrations can be representative of auto sales, but the two don't always align because a buyer can purchase a vehicle one month and register it in another. The data is based on county Department of Motor Vehicles registrations. Hybrid vehicles continued making progress in the state amid Hawaii's goal to achieve 100 % clean energy by 2045. New hybrid vehicle registrations increased 34 % from a year ago and hybrid's market share reached 11.3 % compared with 8.2 % in 2023. Meanwhile, battery electric vehicle registrations had a 14 % market share in 2024 versus 13.2 % a year earlier, and plug-in hybrids' market share was 2 % compared with 1.6 % in 2023. Toyota was the bestselling brand in 2024 with a 27.6 % market share, followed by Honda at 12.6 %, Tesla at 8 %, Ford at 6.5 % and Nissan at 6 %. The market share for the top-selling models in the state were To yota Tacoma, 7.4 %; Tesla Model Y, 5.3 %; Toyota RAV4, 4.5 %; Toyota 4Runner, 4.1 %; and To yota Corolla, 3.4 %. Light trucks—which include vans, SUVs and pickups—maintained their large lead over cars with a 77.7 % market share versus 22.3 % for cars. Consumers continue to opt for larger vehicles because of more visibility, additional room for storage and stable gas prices.
