“This is the first one to hit this level in more than 10 years,” a CID spokesman said. “I didn’t kill Darlene Krashoc,” the convicted veteran said at sentencing. A judge on Wednesday denied a request to suppress Cecily Ann Aguilar's confession of helping kill and dismember Spc. Vanessa Guillén. The detective in the case said it was the oldest case he could find nationwide that has been solved using forensic genealogy. Individuals rejected for the program will now have new appeals options, but a still-pending court case could open up the door to retroactive benefits. A former contractor was sentenced to 70 months in prison for a bribery scheme that directed $19 million in government contracts to his employer. The funding for National Guard units in Hawaii and 47 other states was scheduled to expire at the end of the month, but was extended through March. A 20-year-old soldier was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with murder in the case of a woman who died at a local Days Inn more than a year ago. Kai Kahele, a Hawaii state senator and Air Guard member, defeated a former Air Force intelligence analyst for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's vacated House seat. A former Green Beret and his son can be extradited to Japan to face charges for smuggling the former chairman of the Nissan Motor Co. out of the country. Load More