Deputy City Prosecutor arrested at Kapolei DUI checkpoint

Aug 31, 2026

A Honolulu deputy city prosecutor was arrested for drunk driving at a police checkpoint, an embarrassing turn for the office that prosecutes those same cases.

  • Miki Nishizawa, 28, was stopped on Kualakai Parkway in Kapolei around 1 a.m. and arrested.
  • She was released on $500 bail about an hour and a half later.
  • Two other people were arrested nearby around the same time.
  • The checkpoint was part of a nationwide enforcement push called "Saturation Saturday."
  • The city prosecutor's office said it knows about the arrest but would not comment; she has worked there two years.

Outlook: The case moves to court while her office decides whether to take internal action.

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