HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR121218KCCCinmateonworkfurloughindictedchargedwithSexualAssaultTHE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
t!` DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
mq MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
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News Release
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2018
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
JUSTIN F. KOLLAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tel (808) 241-1888
Fax (808) 241-1758
KCCC inmate on work furlough indicted, charged with Sexual Assault
LIHU`E — A Fifth Circuit Grand Jury indicted Stephen Kaliko Makanani, 33, on
Wednesday, and charged him with one count of Sexual Assault in the First Degree for an
incident that allegedly took place in August of this year.
Makanani was convicted in November 2017 for the felony charges of Unauthorized
Control of a Propelled Vehicle and Unauthorized Entry into a Motor Vehicle, and was sentenced
to serve five years in prison.
The State had sought a 20-year prison term because the car theft was committed just
months after Makanani finished serving a previous five-year prison sentence for a number of
other charges. However, after serving less than a year of prison time, Makanani was placed on
work furlough, despite the State's strong objection.
Makanani's prior criminal history includes nine felony convictions from five different
cases, including convictions for Burglary, Illegal Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Theft of
Credit Card, Unauthorized Control of Propelled Vehicle, and Unauthorized Possession of
Confidential Personal Information.
Detective Damien McCallum is the lead investigator and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Sean Van Demark is prosecuting the case.
Makanani is currently in custody and bail in this case is set at $500,000.
An indictment is an allegation and Makanani is presumed innocent until proven guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.