A 2nd Circuit Court jury has found Justin Namauu, 48, guilty of murdering Dennis Pacheco of Kanaio more than five years ago on May 21, 2018. The unanimous ver
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WAILUKU Although a woman said her time in the Maui Community Correctional Center had “corrected me so much,” a judge found that didn’t appear to be the case and sentenced the defendant to a one-year jail term for trying to assault a man.
Kathy Koebberling, 57, also was placed on four years’ probation Wednesday.
She had pleaded no contest to attempted second-degree assault and two counts of fourth-degree criminal property damage.
Deputy Prosecutor Carson Tani said a man and his girlfriend were behind their vehicle in Wailea on May 11 when Koebberling approached them and started threatening the man. After he told her to leave, she tried to flatten the car’s tire with a sickle, Tani said.
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WAILUKU A Molokai man who said he was running a hunting guide business when police seized five rifles from a garage was sentenced Wednesday to a five-month jail term as part of four years’ probation.
As a felon since 1995, Eugene Albino, 53, wasn’t allowed to possess firearms, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo noted in imposing the sentence.
“With those firearms being within your reach, you’re definitely breaking the law,” she told Albino. “They should have been stored somewhere else.
“Once you’re a felon, you’re a felon. You can’t erase it.”
Albino had pleaded no contest to an amended charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Twelve other charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement recommending probation and no additional jail for Albino.
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WAILUKU A man who said he was at high risk of contracting COVID-19 at the Maui Community Correctional Center had his bail cut in half Tuesday.
Marcus Ruggiero, 55, thanked the court after his bail was reduced from $415,000 to $200,000.
He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree attempted murder for allegedly driving toward police officer Nichole Paclib as she was responding to a reckless driving call in Kula on Aug. 16.
Appearing by videoconference from the Wailuku jail, Ruggiero said he was in quarantine because of eight positive COVID-19 cases reported at the jail.
Ruggiero said he suffers from asthma, high blood pressure, gout and chronic back pain.