HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 52-year-old Waipahu man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after paying adults to sexually abuse children. Robert Silva pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement in September 2025.

A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in an online scheme that paid for and distributed videos depicting extreme violence against animals, prosecutors said.

Colton Fagundes and Seth Hegene, two defendants convicted in a fatal shooting at the Grand Sierra Resort, have been sentenced to decades in prison.The shooting

An Omaha man will serve time in prison for sexually assaulting a child outside a public library. Antwan Mosely was sentenced to 15 to 25 years in prison for attempted first-degree sexual assault on a child. He received credit for 224 days served.

Former day care workers who pleaded guilty to abusing children at a Christian learning center will spend several years in prison.

For the first time in more than half a century, Marie Scott is free. Scott, 72, who served more than 52 years in prison for felony murder, was released from custody on Wednesday after Gov. Josh Shapiro commuted her life sentence in June.

An Ankeny man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for sex crimes involving a child and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.

"Trap Queen" rapper Fetty Wap, who received a six-year prison sentence in 2023, is now in home confinement in Philadelphia after an early release.

A 49-year-old Wichita man was sentenced Thursday for the shooting of a teenager in a Goddard parking lot in May 2024.

A former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee from San Antonio has been sentenced to two years in prison in connection with a false tax return investigation.