Almost five months after the Maui wildfires, nearly 3,000 families remain in hotels while county, state and federal officials work to free up 3,000 short-term rental units to get them into long-term housing.
Edward Caspino’s attorney, however, said photo and video evidence presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter do not show what prosecutors claim.
Caspino and his alleged co-conspirators “conducted, managed, supervised, directed and owned” an illegal chicken fighting operation located at the property where Caspino lived.
Federal charges against the alleged Waianae leader of the “Westside” gang paint a disturbing picture: regular chicken-fight derbies, illegal gambling dens, marketing methamphetamine.