KIDNAPPING, AND MORE THAN A
DOZEN OTHER CHARGES.
JUSTIN:
THE MURDER CHARGE IS RELATED TO
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 21-YEAR-OLD
JOHNATHAN
FRASER, WHO'S BEEN MISSING FOR
FOUR YEARS.
MANOLO: "FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS
PORTRAY MISKE AS THE LEADER OF A
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION WHO ALSO
INTIMIDATED AND THREATENED
COMPETITORS, EVEN CUSTOMERS WHO
COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS BUSINESS."
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED
MISKE AT HIS KAILUA HOME AND
RAIDED HIS OTHER PROPERTIES,
ALONG WITH HIS BUSINESS,
KAMAAINA TERMITE. OFFICIALS SAY
THE BUSINESS SERVED AS THE
HEADQUARTERS WHERE MISKE AND HIS
ASSOCIATES PLOTTED MANY OF
THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. AMONG
THEM, THE ALLEGED MURDER OF
21-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHAN FRASER. IN
A GRAND JURY INDICTMENT,
FEDS SAY "MISKE AGREED WITH
OTHERS TO PAY CASH... FOR THE
MURDER OF JOHNATHAN FRASER."
KENJI PRICE, U.S. ATTORNEY:
"MISKE ALSO WENT SO FAR AS TO
BUY A BOSTON WHALER BOAT THAT
COULD BE USED TO DUMP FRASER'S
BODY INTO
THE OCEAN AFTER HE WAS KIDNAPPED
AND HE WAS KILLED."
FEDS SAY A COCONSPIRATOR ALSO
"TOOK FRASER'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER
ON A SPA DAY, THEREBY ENSURING
THAT FRASER AND HIS SIGNIFICANT
OTHER WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM
EACH OTHER WHEN FRASER WAS
KIDNAPPED." THAT WAS ASHLEY WONG
WHO SPOKE WITH US IN
2018 LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
ASHLEY WONG, FRASER'S
GIRLFRIEND: "WE DESERVE TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED. WE DESERVE TO
KNOW WHERE JON IS."
WONG TOLD US THAT FRASER AND
MISKE'S SON WERE IN A CAR CRASH
IN 2016. BOTH WERE HOSPITALIZED
AND MISKE'S SON DIED.
THE INDICTMENT NAMES SEVERAL
OTHERS IN WHAT THE FEDS CALL
MISKE ENTERPRISE. AMONG THEM,
JOHN STANCIL AND MICHAEL
BUNTENBAH. IN ALL... 11 PEOPLE
WERE INDICTED.
THE US ATTORNEY SAYS SOME OF THE
CHARGES AGAINST MISKE CARRY A
DEATH SENTENCE. BUT IT'S UP TO
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
MAKE THAT DECISION.
THE ATTORNEY FOR MISKE SAYS HE'S
A LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN AND
WILL PROVE SO IN COURT.
TOMMY OTAKE, MISKE'S ATTORNEY:
"IT'S EASY TO SAY THINGS AT
PRESS CONFERENCE NOT SO EASY TO
PROVE THINGS IN COURT ESPECIALLY
WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN THE WAY
THE FEDS BELIEVE THAT THEY DID."
MANOLO MORALES KHON2 NEWS
WORKING FOR HAWAII.
JUSTIN: :
IN ADDITION TO THE ARRESTS MADE
TODAY, 8 OTHER PEOPLE BELIEVED
TO BE INVOVLED IN CRIMINAL
OR SUBJECT LETTERS.
MANOLO: YOU MENTIONED TARGET
LETTERS AND SUBJECT LETTERS SENT
OUT, ANY OF THOSE SENT TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR FORMER
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT
LETTERS THEMSELVES, AGAIN I'M
GONNA REFRAIN
RECEIVED THE LETTER. AS I
INDICATED, THE FOLKS WILL KNOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT GONNA
COMMENT ON EITHER THE
DESCRIPTION OF WHO RECEIVED THEM
BEYOND WHAT I'VE ALREADY
INDICATED OR PROVIDE ANY
SPECIFIC NAMES.
JUSTIN:
AND IF SEVERAL OF THOSE
NAMES ARRESTED TODAY SOUND
FAMILIAR..THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED
IN OTHER CASES IN THE STATE.
DAE HAN MOON IS SERVING A LIFE
SENTENCE IN ARIZONA FOR SECOND
DEADLY CHRISTMAS DAY SHOOTING AT
ALA MOANA CENTER IN 2016.
STEVIE FELICIANO, AND SHOT HIM
IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
FELICIANO DIED A FEW DAYS LATER
AFTER BEING TAKEN OFF LIFE
SUPPORT.
LANCE BERMUDEZ WAS ALSO
SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN
PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH THAT
CRIME FOR HINDERING PROSECUTION.
AND IN 2013, MICHAEL BUN-TEN-BAH
AND JOHN STANCIL WERE ARRESTED
FOR ASSAULT IN 2013, IN
CONNECTION WITH A FIGHT AT M
NIGHTCLUB THAT INJURED N-F-L
PLAYER, TRENT WILLIAMS.
MISKE WAS PART OWNER OF THAT
NIGHTCLUB.
THAT CASE WAS LATER DROPPED.
GINA:
JOHNATHAN FRASER'S MOTHER SAYS
SHE FEELS MIXED EMOTIONS AFTER
HEARING MISKE WAS
ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH HER
SON'S DISAPPEARANCE.
AFTER FOUR LONG YEARS OF
WONDERING, SHE HOPES TO FIND OUT
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND
PUT HER SON TO REST.
JENN BONEZA SPOKE TO HER THIS
AFTERNOON.
JOHNATHAN FRASER'S MOTHER,
SHELLY MIGUEL SAYS ITS BEEN IN A
LIVING HELL-WONDERING WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER ONLY
CHILD--MISSING WITHOUT A TRACE
FOR 4 YEARS. THOUGH SHE ADMITS
SHE HAD A GUT FEELING MICHAEL
MISKE WAS INVOLVED, HIS ARREST
BRINGS MIXED EMOTIONS.
SHELLY MIGUEL, JOHNATHAN
FRASER'S MOM: "TO FINALLY KNOW
MY SON IS GETTING JUSTICE AND IT
HAS DEFNIATLEY BEEN CONFIRMED HE
DID NOT JUST DROP
OFF THE FACE O FTHE EARTH AND HE
HIS BEST FRIEND'S FATHER. TO
HAVE THE
CONFIRMATION OF MY WORSE FEARS."
SHE SAYS THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT
GOES BY THAT SHE DOESN'T THINK
ABOUT HIM
SHELLY: "I MISS HEARING MY
SON'S VOICE. THE KISSES THE
HUGS, THE CONVERSATION. THAT ONE
OF A KIND LAUGH, HIS SMELL. HIS
PRECENSE. I
ALL SHE WANTS ARE ANSWERS AND TO
BE ABLE TO PUT HER SON TO REST.
SHELLY: " THEY NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE AND I HOPE THIS
MEANS THAT NO ONE WILL EVER BE
HURT AGAIN BY THESE PEOPLE."
MIGUEL SAYS JOHNATHAN AND
MISKE'S SON CALEB-JORDAN
MISKE-LEE WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE.
MISKE-LEE DIED IN A CAR
ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER 2015.
JENN BONEZA KHON2 NEWS WORKING
FOR HAWAII.
JUSTIN:
29 NEW CASES OF COVID 19
REPORTED IN THE STATE TODAY