Judge extends order to
bar Waipahu residentA May 5 hearing will deal with
seven other defendants related to
an alleged drug house
A Circuit Court judge has extended an injunction against one of eight people, ordering her to stay away from an alleged drug house in Waipahu.
Jorelyn Pacariem, who lived at the house at 94-125 Pahu St. No. 51, was the only one of eight defendants in the case to appear before Circuit Judge Elizabeth Hifo on April 14 and was ordered to stay away from the house until the case is decided.
A hearing is set for 2:30 p.m. May 5 for the seven other defendants to appear in Circuit Court.
Hot Line
The attorney general's office has set up a hot line to report suspected drug houses (586-1328 for Oahu residents and 800-9NO-METH for neighbor island residents). Deputy Attorney General Kurt Spohn said the abatement unit gets dozens of calls each month. E-mails can be sent to stopice@hawaii.gov.
The state earlier obtained a temporary injunction ordering the four residents and four other people to leave the house and not return for 10 days.
The state Department of the Attorney General filed a nuisance abatement lawsuit on April 8 against the Pahu Street home, alleging that illegal narcotics have been distributed from the house for at least two to three years.
The lawsuit seeks a court order to prohibit Pacariem; her father, Rodolfo; his son's girlfriend, Kelly Keiko Kahananui, who is also known as Kelly Dee Keiko Kahananui; another resident; and four other people from living in or entering the Waipahu home.
A search of the home on Sept. 13 found almost 10 grams of crystal methamphetamine and a small amount of marijuana. Three scales, small Ziploc bags, plastic-cut straws allegedly used to put crystal methamphetamine, or "ice," in small bags and glass pipes were also found at the home.
Residue discovered on the scales and in the pipes appeared to be ice, said special agent Nixon Medina, of the Attorney General's Investigations Division.
Law enforcement officials also found a loaded rifle with a defaced serial number, two handguns, firearm silencers and ammunition in the house.
More than 100 complaints of loud noise, parking violations and alleged drug activity were made in eight months last year about the Pahu Street home.
State Deputy Attorney General Mark Miyahira said the state's goal is to keep the eight people away from the home indefinitely and to "disrupt any suspected or alleged drug distribution."
"We're hoping by doing that, it will help make the neighborhood safer by removing the element that has been contributing to the problems in the community," said Miyahira.
This is the first nuisance abatement lawsuit filed against a home in Waipahu and the fourth nuisance abatement lawsuit filed by the attorney general's Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit.
Jorelyn Pacariem, 27, has 13 convictions that include unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and criminal contempt of court.
Her father, Rodolfo, 61, has 20 convictions that include petty misdemeanors and misdemeanors of theft, possession of gaffs (sharp metal spurs attached to the leg of a gamecock), gambling and cruelty to animals.
Kahananui, 36, was found guilty of prostitution in January 1992.