A former Maui police officer has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for fraud charges resulting from when he solicited sex from a woman he pulled over. Brandon Saffeels pleaded guilty previously to seven counts of honest services wire fraud.
Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to soliciting sex in exchange for providing false testimony
Ex-MPD officer pleads guilty to soliciting sex in exchange for providing false testimony By Lynn Kawano | May 5, 2021 at 1:24 PM HST - Updated May 5 at 5:56 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Former Maui County police officer Brandon Saffeels pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to seven counts of honest services wire fraud, admitting that he solicited sex from a woman he arrested in exchange for providing false testimony in her trial.
The charges relate to a July 2019 case in which Saffeels, 36, inappropriately contacted a woman he had arrested hours earlier for suspicion of DUI.
A former Maui police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud charges after prosecutors accused him of soliciting sex from a woman he pulled over for driving while intoxicated.