Hawaii County police detective found guilty of perjury

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A detective with the Hawaii Police Division has been discovered responsible of perjury.

Following a bench trial, William Brown was discovered responsible Wednesday of knowingly making a false assertion whereas below oath, to a grand jury continuing earlier than the Circuit Court docket of the Third Circuit, whereas employed as a Hawaii County police detective, the lawyer basic’s workplace mentioned.

The false assertion concerned his interview with a suspect in a case the place medicine have been present in a automobile, officers mentioned.

Brown was arrested and charged in December 2023.

He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Could 23 and faces a most sentence of 5 years in jail.

In an announcement to Hawaii Information Now, Hawaii County Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz mentioned:

“After the department was made aware of the allegations involving William Brown, he was removed from the Criminal Investigation Division and internal administrative and criminal investigations were conducted. The Office of the Prosecuting Attorney conflicted themselves out of the criminal investigation and HPD investigators conferred cases with prosecutors from the Hawaii Attorney General’s office. When Brown was charged by the Hawaii Attorney General in December 2023, HPD removed Brown’s police powers and placed him in an administrative assignment.

As a criminal defendant and civil service employee of the department, Brown is entitled to due process rights. On April 2, 2025, after receiving word of a guilty verdict in Brown’s criminal Perjury case, he was placed on administrative leave. As in all criminal cases, Brown is not considered to be ‘convicted’ until he is sentenced. Brown will remain on administrative leave until his May sentencing at which point he will be processed out of the Hawaii Police Department.”

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