Prosecutors want restrictions placed on prominent hula instructor Howell K. "Chinky" Mahoe Jr., now free on bail, who pleaded no contest to felony charges of fondling four young dancers. Child contact ban
sought for MahoeMahoe, 42, was released Sept. 15 after posting a $25,250 cash bail. He is to be sentenced March 4 by Circuit Judge Wilfred Watanabe.
Deputy Prosecutor Darrell Wong, however, filed a motion Monday asking for Mahoe's bail condition to include a no-contact order covering any child under the age of 18. A hearing on the motion is scheduled Oct. 8.
"We didn't have specific bail conditions because we didn't expect him to post cash bail," Wong said. "The terms and conditions we're asking for are the same as what he would receive if he were placed on probation."
Wong is worried that Mahoe has contact with young children through his halau.
"I'm concerned because of the delay (in sentencing), that he has made known plans to carry on activities with his halau, and that he will be going to the mainland," Wong said.
HILO - Police have identified a man and a woman found dead at an Iwalani Street home in Hilo Wednesday as James Tchangduk Kim, 44, and Hye Chung "Jane" Cho, 37. Hilo pair identified
in mysterious deathsKim apparently died of a gunshot wound, but Cho had no marks on her and the cause of her death was not immediately clear, police said. A weapon was found at the scene, they said.
Autopsies were to be performed today.
A police statement on the case did not clarify conflicting information between Fire Department paramedics, who said the deaths seemed to be suicide, and the police classification of the case, which is homicide.
Police and fire personnel were originally alerted to the case by a call at 6:26 p.m. Wednesday. Police did not reveal who made the call.
Kim and Chung were found lying beside each other on their backs on a bed, the Fire Department said.
Police said both people lived at the Iwalani Street house, along with two boys, 8 and 3. The children, whose relationship to Kim and Cho was not disclosed, were not home at the time of the incident, police said.
The children were put under the care of a family member, they said.
A 23-year-old woman accused of killing her 2-1/2-year-old daughter will await federal court proceedings for manslaughter from a halfway house. Fale to stay in halfway house
before trial for daughter's deathTufono Fale, who was first on a waiting list for a transfer from prison to Miller Hale, received clearance yesterday from U.S. Magistrate Francis Yamashita.
The court Tuesday agreed to release Fale, a Wheeler Army Air Field resident, to the facility, but no federally funded slots were available.
Her family had discussed raising money for a space, which costs $65.50 a day or about $2,000 a month.
Yamashita imposed conditions for her release, including 24-hour house arrest, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Larry Butrick.
He also said she can't leave the halfway house without federal approval and must be accompanied by a representative of the federal Public Defender's Office.
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Police/Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffA 32-year-old man has been charged with yesterday's robbery of Bank of Hawaii's main branch at 111 S. King St. Man charged
with bank robberyJames Taggart was arrested by police about a half-mile from the bank, which reported the robbery at 7:30 a.m. It was Hawaii's 39th bank robbery of the year.
Taggart allegedly presented a note to a teller demanding money and stating that he was armed, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
A 33-year-old man died yesterday after being shot in the head Wednesday in Makaha. Homeless man
dies from gunshotWilliam K. Noa, who police said was homeless, died at Queen's Hospital at 11:25 a.m. from a gunshot to the head from a .22-caliber gun.
Police are looking for a man who goes by the nickname "China" as a suspect in the 6:45 p.m. shooting at Lahilahi Park.
Waianae police arrested a man who used that nickname, but released him after determing that he did not do the shooting. Police arrested a woman, Carmen Anduha, for a parole violation and are questioning her as a witness to the shooting.
Other police/fire items:
Inmate arrested for school burglary
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