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‘We Were The Best Of Friends’: Gerard Puana Testifies In Kealoha Trial Cory Lum/Civil Beat

‘We Were The Best Of Friends’: Gerard Puana Testifies In Kealoha Trial

UPDATED:聽The man allegedly framed in a mailbox theft that’s turned into a massive corruption case talks about the ups and downs of his relationship with his niece, Katherine Kealoha.

She Says She Was Betrayed By Her Granddaughter, Katherine Kealoha Submitted

She Says She Was Betrayed By Her Granddaughter, Katherine Kealoha

Jurors watch the video testimony of Florence Puana, 99, in the public corruption trial of the Kealohas and three police officers.

Kealoha Trial: ‘I Thought It Was Uncle Gerry Right Off The Bat’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Kealoha Trial: ‘I Thought It Was Uncle Gerry Right Off The Bat’

Prosecutors try to use police officers’ prior grand jury testimony against them in the criminal trial over an alleged frame job.

Kealoha Trial: ‘That’s Not The Way That Mailbox Should Come Off’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Kealoha Trial: ‘That’s Not The Way That Mailbox Should Come Off’

Alexander Silvert, who’s credited with uncovering the alleged conspiracy involving Louis and Katherine Kealoha, gets his day in court.

Deputy Sheriff Investigated After Mailbox Case Testimony Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Deputy Sheriff Investigated After Mailbox Case Testimony

Thomas Cayetano told the court he transported Gerard Puana to visit Katherine Kealoha in a courthouse as a favor to her.

Defense: ‘Excited Delirium,’ Not Excessive Force, Killed Sheldon Haleck Honolulu Police Department

Defense: ‘Excited Delirium,’ Not Excessive Force, Killed Sheldon Haleck

Three Honolulu police officers are being sued for wrongful death, but several witnesses say other factors were at play during a fatal 2015 encounter.

Kealoha Trial: Prosecutors Try To Show HPD Tampered With Key Evidence Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Kealoha Trial: Prosecutors Try To Show HPD Tampered With Key Evidence

An FBI specialist testified that much of the surveillance video from outside the couple鈥檚 home on the day before the mailbox theft appeared to be recorded over.

City Council Targets Decision To Pay For Louis Kealoha’s Legal Defense Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

City Council Targets Decision To Pay For Louis Kealoha’s Legal Defense

A council committee wants to file a lawsuit in an attempt to overturn a Honolulu Police Commission decision.

Ex-Honolulu Cop’s Plea Deal Avoids Jail For Child Sex Assaults Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Ex-Honolulu Cop’s Plea Deal Avoids Jail For Child Sex Assaults

Teddy Van Lergerghe pleaded no contest to seven counts of sexual assault from 2004 to 2008.

Witnesses: Kealohas Targeted Uncle Years Before Mailbox Theft Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Witnesses: Kealohas Targeted Uncle Years Before Mailbox Theft

UPDATED: Several people testify Louis and Katherine Kealoha had it out for Gerard Puana long before they accused him of stealing their mailbox.