The Hawaiʻi Attorney General has charged an investigator in the Honolulu prosecutor’s office with obstructing his own domestic violence case nearly five months after Civil Beat published a story about his alleged misconduct and the county’s mishandling of it.
Christopher Moon, 52, was arrested in 2024 for allegedly head-butting his then-girlfriend. His employer, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm’s office, referred the case to the state Attorney General’s office. The case was closed when the girlfriend withdrew her complaint.
Months later, the girlfriend told Alm’s office that Moon had coerced her into recanting her statement, raising the prospect that he had committed criminal witness tampering and obstruction of justice…