Former Maui police officer Carlos Frate is scheduled to stand trial before a jury in U.S. District Court in Honolulu on March 25. He is charged with depriving someone of their civil rights by tasing a ...

Carlos Frate pleaded not guilty in federal court on Wednesday after he was indicted for allegedly using excessive force and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Police Department has fired an officer who now faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly tasing a man without legal justification. 40-year-old Carlos Frate ...

A longtime Maui police officer is accused of tasing a man “without legal justification” and then writing a false narrative about the incident, federal prosecutors said. Carlos Frate, 40, of ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced that 40-year-old Carlos Frate, a former Maui Police Officer, was arrested today after a federal grand jury indicted him of deprivation of civil ...

Former Maui police officer Carlos Frate was indicted for unreasonable force in a tasing incident last January.

A former Maui police officer, Carlos Frate, was arrested on January 22, 2025, after being indicted on federal charges for depriving an individual of their civil rights.

Carlos Frate was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 16 and charged with deprivation of civil rights under the color of law and making a false report. MPD fired Frate earlier this month.

40-year-old Carlos Frate allegedly deployed the taser during a disorderly conduct case on Jan. 6 in Kihei. In a two-count indictment, Frate is also accused of falsifying a police report to cover ...