HONOLULU -- A U.S. judge sentenced a former high-ranking Honolulu prosecutor to 13 years in prison Monday and her retired police chief husband to seven years, saying she stole money from her own grandmother and then used his law enforcement power to frame her uncle for a crime he didn’t commit -- all to maintain the couple’s lavish lifestyle.
The case is especially shocking, Seabright said, because of the role a police chief of a “major American city,” played. They went to great lengths to maintain a lifestyle they couldn't afford on public servant salaries, the judge said. Kealoha's aunt, Charlotte Puana Malott, read a letter she said her 100-year-old mother, Florence Puana, wrote before she died in February about her granddaughter's “ruthless scheme."
She used the money to buy her uncle’s condo, but instead of paying off the loan, she spent the leftover money on luxuries, including $26,000 for an induction banquet when her husband became police chief and $10,000 on Mercedes-Benz and Maserati car payments, the judge said. “We still don't know sitting here today, who stole the mailbox,” Seabright said, adding that it clearly wasn't Gerard Puana.Louis Kealoha, 60, filed for divorce after they were convicted.
Maybe we should ask her to figure out the voter fraud!!!
I really appreciate this coverage!
So much for family values!
See these stand up police you support so much tbone7973
If being on drugs was a viable criminal defense I never would of spent a day in jail
that’s just wrong stealing from your elders!
This is why police need independent oversight. This is not an isolated incident, unfortunately. Police lie and destroy lives daily.
The fact you can choose your friends but not your family definitely seems relevant in this case. Yikes.
They’ll have a lot of time to think about what they did
Prison isn’t going to fix this. They need rehab, pay restitution, fines, community service. Prison does nothing but destroy people. Useless
LADAOffice kathrynbarger hopefully Federal Prosecutors will put you in jail for longer
Same exact thing happened to me but it involved my little brother and a broken vase.
Who solved this crime? Magnum PI?
13 years for a non violent crim is total bs! This is why we are the country of mass incarceration! Pay back the money, pay restitution to the victim/fines, community service for 10 years. Move on. Dumb
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How about trump How many yrs you thinks he deserves Lock him up!🤔😳😁
Oh jeez! The length of the sentence must have been explicitly limited by the Law for such crimes; otherwise, this calls for Life!
that is one nasty woman. wonder if she ever served in trump's cabinet. if not she would fit right in.
What an absolute disgrace. Enjoy prison.
Classic Democrat
Talk about keep’n it in the family.. tf.. ?!
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