Ex-Honolulu police chief, wife indicted in corruption probe
HONOLULU (AP) — A former Honolulu police chief who retired amid a federal investigation into department-wide corruption and his prosecutor wife were indicted and then arrested by U.S. authorities Friday.
Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, surrendered outside their home, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Wheat, a special prosecutor from San Diego, told The Associated Press. Katherine Kealoha, a deputy city prosecutor, is on leave without pay pending the outcome of the case.
A federal grand jury has been looking into allegations of civil rights abuses and corruption within the police force since 2015. What started as a curious case about a stolen mailbox has led to arrests of current and former officers accused of falsifying documents and altering evidence.
The couple accused her uncle of the theft in 2013 in their upscale Honolulu neighborhood. Prosecutors had claimed he stole the mailbox in an effort to access account records sent to the house.
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