Louis Kealoha is a former Chief of the Honolulu Police Department and a convicted felon. He joined the department in 1983 and was promoted to Chief on November 25, 2009. Following his appointment, he and his wife

Katherine Kealoha Katherine Puana Kealoha is a former Deputy Prosecutor with the City and County of Honolulu and a convicted felon. She resigned from the position of deputy prosecutor in September 2017 after she and her husband Louis Kealoha were indicted on eight ...

threw a lavish party, spending $26,000 which had been stolen from Katherine's grandmother. In December 2014 the FBI launched an investigation into Louis and Katherine following the arrest and prosecution of her uncle who was framed by the couple for stealing their mailbox. In December 2016, Kealoha was placed on leave after federal charges were filed. In January 2017, the

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authorized a payout to Kealoha of $250,000 without the authorization of the

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. Louis Kealoha was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, along with his wife Katherine and three other police officers in June 2019. The former police chief began serving a seven-year prison sentence in Oregon which was delayed by the

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until June 2021.

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21st-century American criminals American municipal police chiefs American police officers convicted of crimes Honolulu Police Department officers Living people People convicted of obstruction of justice {{DEFAULTSORT:Kealoha, Louis Year of birth missing (living people)