KEALOHA BEHIND BARS BEFORE HER
SENTENCING ON YESTERDAY'S GUILTY
VERDICT FOR CONSPIRACY AND
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
GINA MANGIERI IS ALWAYS
INVESTIGATING AND HAS DETAILS.
GINA?
GINA:
I WAS IN COURT TODAY WHEN
KATHERINE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, TO BE
TAKEN TO THE FEDERAL PRISON
SPENDING A VERY LONG TIME.
KATHERINE KEALOHA WALKED IN TO
FEDERAL COURT FRIDAY MORNING ON
HER OWN, BUT WAS TAKEN OUT IN
FEDERAL CUSTODY. AFTER A BRIEF
DETENTION HEARING THE JUDGE
REMANDED THE FORMER DEPUTY
PROSECUTOR WHOM JURORS FOUND
PROSECUTORS WANTED HER IN
CUSTODY THROUGH TO HER OCTOBER
SENTENCING, MOVING TO REMAND AS
SOON AS THE VERDICT CAME
"KEALOHA LIES AS EASILY AS SHE
"KEALOHA WILL DO ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING TO AVOID THE
CONSEQUENCES FOR HER UNLAWFUL
BEHAVIOR. ... THE FACTS AT TRIAL
ALONE ESTABLISH THE RISK OF
FLIGHT AND THE DANGER KEALOHA
POSES."
THE JUDGE SAID HE DIDN'T
CONSIDER KATHERINE A FLIGHT
RISK, SAID SHE WOULDN'T GET AWAY
FOR TOO LONG EVEN IF SHE WANTED
TO.
BUT HE KEYED IN ON HER REPEATED
ATTEMPTS TO OBSTRUCT, INFLUENCE
OTHERS IN A RANGE OF
SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
THE JUDGE STERNLY CUT OFF A
DEFENSE ATTORNEY'S DENIAL OF
KATHERINE'S OBSTRUCTION SAYING
12 PEOPLE -- THE JURORS - JUST
SAID IT HAPPENED.
BUT THE DEFENSE PERSISTED,
ASKING THE JUDGE INSTEAD TO
IMPOSE OTHER RESTRICTIONS OR
CONDITIONS ON HER BAIL, SAYING
"SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT SHE'S
NOT A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK"
THE JUDGE WASN'T CONVINCED,
"I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE
OBSTRUCTIVE CONDUCT THAT HAS
BEEN DEMONSTRATED... IT GOES ON
AND ON."
"ATTEMPTING TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE
APPEARS TO BE KATHERINE
KEALOHA'S BREAD AND BUTTER."
KATHERINE NOT JUST ON THE
CONSPIRACY CASE AS THE
PROSECUTORS HAD REQUESTED, BUT
ON HIS OWN ALSO REVOKED HER
RELEASE ON TWO INDICTMENTS
COMING UP FOR TRIAL. ONE
INVOLVING BANK FRAUD, THE OTHER
DRUG CHARGES.
GINA:
WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF THE
UPCOMING TWO CASES THAT SHE AND
OTHERS ARE INVOLVED IN?
MICHAEL WHEAT, SPECIAL FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR:
"THOSE CASES ARE PENDING YOU'LL
SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THEM...
AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE
DONE, THE VICTIMS IN THE CASE
ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME DEGREE OF
SATISFACTION."
EARL PARTINGTON:
"I ONLY HAVE 3 WORDS APPEAL
APPEAL APPEAL."
THAT'S THE PRIVATE ATTORNEY
BROUGHT AT THE TAIL END OF TRIAL
TO HELP KATHERINE'S TAXPAYER
FUNDED APPOINTED COUNSEL.
APPEALS CAN'T BE FILED UNTIL
AFTER OCTOBER SENTENCING.
GINA:
HOW WILL BEING INCARCERATED
2 TRIALS FOR HER AND OTHERS
IMPACT THOSE PENDING CASES
EARL PARTINGTON, ATTORNEY FOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA:
"MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE LAWYERS
GINA: WHY
EARL PARTINGTON, ATTORNEY FOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA:
IT'S DIFFICULT TO MEET WITH THE
GINA:
WILL KATHERINE CONSIDER A CHANGE
IN PLEA IN EACH OF THE OTHER 2
CASES?
EARL PARTINGTON, ATTORNEY FOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA:
"I HAVE NO IDEA."
GINA:
"HAVE YOU DISCUSSED IT WITH HER.
EARL PARTINGTON, ATTORNEY FOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA:
"NO."
GINA:
"WILL YOU?"
EARL PARTINGTON, ATTORNEY FOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA:
"IT'S UP TO HER."
THE BANK FRAUD CHARGES FOR
KATHERINE AND LOUIS KEALOHA ALSO
AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND
OBSTRUCTION FOR RAIDING IN
$167,000 INHERITANCE FUNDS OF
TWO KIDS KATHERINE WAS APPOINTED
GUARDIAN OF -- THAT'S
SLATED FOR AN OCTOBER TRIAL. AND
THERE'S A SEPARATE INDICTMENT
ALLEGING SHE AND HER BROTHER,
DR. RUDOLPH PUANA, TRAFFICKED
PAINKILLER DRUGS WHILE KEALOHA
ABUSED HER DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
POSITION TO CONCEAL IT. TRIAL
FOR THAT COULD START IN 2020.
OUTSIDE
ATTORNEYS SAY TODAY COULD BE
KATHERINE'S FIRST DAY IN A LONG
FEDERAL PRISON STAY.
MICHAEL GREEN, ATTORNEY FOR ONE
OF TWO TRUST SIBLINGS:
"SHE CAN GET CONSECUTIVE TIME AS
EACH CASE COMES BEFORE THE COURT
AND IF SHE GETS CONVICTED. THERE
ARE ENHANCEMENTS FOR
PRISON FOR OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE, FOR SOPHISTICATED
SCHEME.">
JUST IN THE RECENT CASE ALONE,
THE CONSPIRACY COUNT CARRIES UP
TO 5 YEARS BEHIND BARS BUT EACH
OF THE THREE OBSTRUCTION
CONVICTIONS COULD NET 20 YEARS A
PIECE
GINA:
"COULD SHE END UP SPENDING THE
REST OF HER LIFE IN FEDERAL
PRISON?" MICHAEL GREEN, ATTORNEY
FOR ONE OF TWO TRUST SIBLINGS:
"I HATE TO EVEN THINK THAT BUT
IF SHE GOES TO TRIAL ON ALL
THESE CASES, FORGET ITIT
THE FEDS DID NOT SEEK -- AND THE
JUDGE DID NOT INDEPENDENTLY MOVE
-- TO REMAND ANY OF THE OTHER
THREE CONVICTED CO-CONSPIRATORS
BOBBY NGUYEN, DEREK HAHN OR
LOUIS KEALOHA.
KATHERINE'S HUSBAND DID NOT COME
TO COURT FOR HIS WIFE'S
DETENTION HEARING..
JOE: