Honolulu police once said Spot would be helpful in fireworks enforcement. Let’s give that a try.

The child, who had been adopted just two months earlier, had significant injuries and her 2023 death was ruled a homicide.

Police are seeing an uptick in ghost guns but Hawaiʻi counties differ in how they interpret and use a state law meant to deter people from buying or manufacturing untraceable weapons.

The Honolulu Police Department hasn’t used “Spot” for about three years.

Janae Perez and Ashleigh Utley were arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and several other charges.

Honolulu police officers were disciplined for a range of issues in 2024, including failing to activate their body cameras, drunk driving, falsifying police reports and stealing a wallet. 

All four arrested Friday were parents who set off fireworks at the party with their children, according to police.

Dawn Momohara was discovered dead on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School. Last week police used advances in DNA technology to arrest a 66-year-old Utah man.

Officers beat and arrested Tevitatonga Cadiente on Jan. 1, 2024, after mistaking him for a different Tongan man — an armed suspect they were pursuing.

A total of six people have been arrested in connection with the explosion that killed five people.