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HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Isaiah Okudara, 39, of Maui, pled guilty on October 2, 2026 to one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.  

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Vaughn Ludwig, 50, of Kailua, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by United States Chief District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 70 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
 

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Douglas Taylor, a/k/a “Dougiie 2 Fresh,” 37, of Maui, pled guilty on October 2, 2026 to two counts of distributing more than fifty grams of methamphetamine.  

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Sean Sakaida, 44, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt and possession of child pornography.  

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 20, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oahu and Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty on September 18, 2026, to unlawfully voting as an alien.

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Kennard Hinano Boyd Kekona, 58, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday in federal court by Senior United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi to 120 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and carfentanil, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carfentanil.  

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Justin Nelson, 43, of Kihei, Maui, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter and entered a plea of guilty to bank robbery. 

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Roger Biggs, 40, of Hanapepe, Hawaii, was sentenced on September 3, 2026, by Chief United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson to 540 months in federal prison for the production, receipt, and possession of child pornography, followed by 20 years of supervised release. 

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Ross Andrew Brown, 45, of Kailua, was sentenced on August 19, 2026, by Senior United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi to 240 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for attempting to sexually entice and exploit minors, and for attempting to receive child pornography.

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Donald Steven Lang, 62, was arrested this weekend in Canada at the request of the United States following his earlier indictment in Hawaii for sexual exploitation of a child. 

HONOLULU – United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Ronald Saville, 49, of Honolulu, pleaded guilty on August 18, 2026, to one count of sending interstate communications containing threats. 

HONOLULU – Ken Sorenson took the oath of office as the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii on August 18, 2026, following his confirmation by the United States Senate and the signing of his commission by the President.