HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR050919ProsecutingAttorneyseeksinjunctiontoshutdownallegeddrughouseTHE COUNTY OF KAUA'I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
mqa MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
C OF
News Release
For Immediate Release: May 9, 2019
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
JUSTIN F. KOLLAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tel (808) 241-1888
Fax (808) 241-1758
Prosecuting Attorney seeks injunction to shut down alleged drug house
LIHU'E — Prosecuting Attorney Justin F. Kollar announced the filing of a civil nuisance
abatement action to shut down an alleged Kalaheo drug house.
The action alleges that the premises located at 3767 Waha Road and occupied by Rose
K. Dahle, Darrick C. Banasihan, Robyn Dahle, and others, have a history of being associated
with drug -dealing type activities and constitutes a nuisance.
The action seeks an order permanently prohibiting the persons causing the nuisance
from entering into the premises. The action, brought by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney's
Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit, is the first of its type filed on Kauai pursuant to the nuisance
abatement provisions of Hawaii Revised Statutes Sections 712-1270 through 712-1280. A copy
of the filed complaint is attached.
"For too long the drug houses in our community have posed a blight in our
neighborhoods," stated Kollar. "We need to use all the tools at our disposal in order to address
this important quality -of -life issue."
Since its creation, the Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit has successfully closed down and
disrupted more than 20 drug houses on Kauai. In most situations, DNAU investigators are able
to work with landlords and mortgage companies to address the problem property without the
need to resort to litigation. The public can report drug houses in the community by calling 241-
1888 or emailing prosecutor(abkauai.gov.