Former MPD officer indicted for civil rights violations, set for arraignment
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.
Maui Police Officer Indicted on Civil Rights and Obstruction Charges by Federal Grand Jury
Maui police officer Carlos Frate was indicted for violating civil rights and falsifying a report related to an incident involving misuse of a taser. He faces up to 30 years if convicted.
Maui Police Officer arrested after being indicted of civil rights deprivation, falsifying reports
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 rights and falsifying a police report on Jan.
Former Maui police officer indicted for deprivation of civil rights allegation
The indictment alleges that Frate deprived another person of the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by tasing that person without legal justification, according to an announcement by Acting United States Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson.
Maui police officer indicted and fired for unreasonable force by taser
Former Maui police officer Carlos Frate was indicted for unreasonable force in a tasing incident last January.
Ex-Maui police officer pleads not guilty in federal case
Courtesy MPD Courtesy MPD A 40-year-old officer accused of tasing a suspect who surrendered then lying about it in a police report pleaded not guilty today, according to federal court records. Carlos Frate was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan.
Federal grand jury indicts former Maui police officer on alleged civil rights violation
A former officer with the Maui Police Department is facing decades behind bars after a federal grand jury indicted him on allegations he had no legal justification for using a Taser and then tried to cover up his crime by falsifying a police report.
Ex-Maui police officer pleads not guilty to allegedly tasing someone unlawfully
MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- Former Maui police officer Carlos Frate pleaded not guilty in federal court on Wednesday after he was indicted for allegedy using excessive force and trying to cover ...
Maui Police Officer Indicted And Fired After Tasing Incident
The Maui Police Department has fired an officer who now faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly tasing a man without ...
Officer tases man who raised hands in surrender in Hawaii, feds say. He’s fired
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 Kihei was ...