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WAILUKU Bail was increased to $75,000 Wednesday for a 23-year-old Kihei man charged in a sexual assault case from 2018.
Second Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered the increase in bail in response to a prosecution’s motion to have Abiola Oluwatimilehin held without bail or to have bail increased in the case. He is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while she was sleeping at her residence.
Deputy Prosecutor J.W. Hupp said in the motion that he sought the increase in bail as Oluwatimilehin had posted a $21,000 bail bond in the 2018 case and had been out on bond when he was arrested in March for allegedly soliciting sex online from someone posing as a 13-year-old girl.
The Maui News
WAILUKU A judge kept bail at $200,000 for a man facing multiple felony drug charges, after police reported finding him with a “very significant amount” of methamphetamine and other drugs.
David Stewart, 34, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, two counts of attempted first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, three counts of third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and fourth-degree promotion of a harmful drug.
During a hearing Friday in 2nd Circuit Court, Deputy Prosecutor Joanne Hicks asked for the bail amount to continue. She said Stewart has no verified address, is unemployed and recently returned to Maui from Idaho.