KAILUA-KONA — Poor firefighting conditions are expected to persist through the next several days as fire crews work to suppress a brush fire that has scorched 14,750 acres along Highway 190.

KAILUA-KONA —Hawaii Island police are investigating the death of a man and woman at an apartment complex in Kailua-Kona.

KEALAKEKUA — A 3rd Circuit Court judge has decided to keep a teen accused of sexual assault in jail until all modifications to a bail order can be made.

KAILUA-KONA — A Hilo man accused of leading police on a vehicle pursuit last month pleaded not guilty in 3rd Circuit Court Thursday morning.

THURSDAY UPDATES:

KEALAKEKUA — A teen accused of sexual assault remains in police custody and is being held without bail after violating terms of his initial release from jail in February.

KAILUA-KONA — A teen accused of sexual assault was arrested early this morning for violating conditions of bail.

KAILUA-KONA — A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a teen, accused of sexual assault, for violating conditions of bail.

KAILUA-KONA — A 3rd Circuit Court judge has ordered the Hawaii Community Correctional Center warden to court to explain how a pre-trial murder suspect was erroneously released last week.

KEALAKEKUA — Department of Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda acknowledged his department’s mistake in releasing a pre-trial murder suspect from Hawaii Community Correctional Center four days ago.

KEALAKEKUA — Bail for murder suspect Brian Lee Smith was increased from $1.15 million to $2 million after he had been erroneously released from Hawaii Community Correctional Center.

KEALAKEKUA — More than 10 shots were fired during a pursuit last week that injured the driver of the suspected vehicle in the arm, according to testimony during a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

KEALAKEKUA — Malia Lajala told police she asked Justin Waiki on Friday to turn himself in the days after he became a suspect in last week’s shooting death of Officer Bronson Kaliloa.

KEALAKEKUA — A preliminary hearing is scheduled for this afternoon for the driver of a vehicle involved in an officer-involved shooting incident that occurred last week in the areas of Keauhou and Napoopoo Road.

KEALAKEKUA — A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for this afternoon for three individuals charged in connection with a shootout Friday at South Point that left a Hawaii Police sergeant injured and suspected cop killer Justin Waiki dead.

KAILUA-KONA — An Alaska woman pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a case where she was accused of mowing down her boyfriend with a vehicle at Old Kona Airport Park in December.

SOUTH POINT — A days-long, islandwide manhunt culminated Friday in South Point when the Hawaii Police Department’s Special Response Team engaged in a shootout with Justin Waiki, the man wanted in the shooting death of Puna patrol officer Bronson Kaliloa earlier this week.

KAILUA-KONA — A Hawaii Police Department Special Response Team sergeant was shot during a shootout Friday with alleged cop killer Justin Waiki off South Point Road in Ka‘u. Waiki has been confirmed dead.

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island police are still searching for Justin Waiki in the murder of Officer Bonson K. Kailioa who was fatally shot in Mountain View on Tuesday evening while on duty.