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C OU NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
News Release
For Immediate Release: August 30, 2017
JUSTIN KOLLAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tel (808) 241-1888
Fax (808) 241-1758
Waimea man sentenced to prison for domestic violence, kidnapping
LĪHU‘E – Prosecuting Attorney Justin F. Kollar announced that David Alika Machado, age
30 of Waimea, was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for kidnapping and abusing his
then wife at their home in September 2016.
The Honorable Kathleen N.A. Watanabe handed down the maximum sentence after an
emotional presentation from the victim in the case, and after hearing arguments from Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Sean Van Demark, who prosecuted the case on behalf of the State of
Hawai‘i.
An investigation conducted by Kaua‘i Police Department Lieutenant Christian Jenkins
revealed that on September 27, 2016, Machado strangled his victim and bound her eyes, arms
and legs with duct tape when she tried to leave his house. He punched her repeatedly, rupturing
one of her eardrums.
Machado then left the house with his victim bound on the floor; however using her
fingernails she was able to sever her bonds and flee to a neighbor’s house about 100 yards
away, through rough terrain. The neighbor called police and Machado was arrested shortly
thereafter.
“One can only imagine the terror that the victim in this case felt, lying on that floor, bound
hand-and-foot, unable to see, in so much pain caused by someone she loved, and who she
thought loved her,” stated Kollar. “She thought he was going to come back to the house and kill
her. We are grateful she found the strength to escape and for the quick assistance she received
from her neighbor and from the Kaua‘i Police Department. Domestic violence cannot be tolerated
in our community and we will continue to vigorously prosecute these cases.”
Machado was also ordered to pay over $9,000 in restitution to the victim and to the
Hawai‘i Crime Victim Compensation Commission.
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