LIHU‘E — For the first time ever, one of the Kaua‘i Police Department’s most wanted has a bail in excess of $100,000. Total bail for Micah Shawn Toshihiro Otani is $101,000 after he did not show up for his Jan.
LIHU‘E — For the first time ever, one of the Kaua‘i Police Department’s most wanted has a bail in excess of $100,000.
Total bail for Micah Shawn Toshihiro Otani is $101,000 after he did not show up for his Jan. 28 scheduled sentencing on a second-degree theft charge.
Fifth Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano ordered the bench warrant for $101,000 for contempt of court.
Otani was found not guilty of fourth-degree theft and second-degree identity theft in the case dating back to 2006.
Otani, 23, is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 225 pounds, is Japanese with brown hair and brown eyes, and a last known address in Puhi.
Justin Kalani Morikawa, 29, is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 280 pounds, is Native Hawaiian with black hair and brown eyes, and a last known address in Kapa‘a.
He is wanted on a grand jury bench warrant for first-degree methamphetamine trafficking, possession of drug paraphernalia, third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug and carrying a deadly weapon. His total bail is $21,150.
Ricky W. Hofmann, 37, is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 168 pounds, is white with green eyes and brown hair and a last known address in Lihu‘e.
He is wanted on a grand jury bench warrant for first-degree promotion of marijuana, second-degree promotion of a detrimental drug and having a gun without a permit. His total bail is $21,100.
Erin Keely Keppel, 25, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, is white with brown hair and brown eyes, and a last known address in Lihu‘e.
She is wanted on a grand jury bench warrant for first-degree promotion of marijuana and second-degree promotion of a detrimental drug. Her bail is $21,000.
Roderick Ragus Bagaoisan, 39, is 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, is Filipino with black hair and brown eyes, has facial hair and a last known address in Kekaha.
He is wanted on four bench warrants for criminal contempt of court, and his total bail is $10,500.
Anyone with information on any of the people listed above should call KPD dispatch, 241-1711.
Arrested on bench warrants between Feb. 27 and March 10 were: bench warrants: Eleanor Aweau, James W. Blears, Christine Bumanglag (two warrants), David Bynum, Kaina M. Ka‘auwai, Kekoa K. Kalani, Lisa Ka‘auwai-Abell, Gregory I. Kline, Cynthia S. Koja (a former most wanted), Erick G. Manguchei (a former most wanted), Leo N. Mitsui, Patrick J. O’Brien, Jesse Phillips, Farah R. Pilkington, Darrell B. Pundyke, Sativa Ranney, Christina Reis (two warrants), Kalalau K. Rivera, Gail H. Singley, Andrew K. Sugita, Stephen J. Turner (two warrants), Robin L. Villanueva (two warrants) and Matthew A. Zmuda; grand jury bench warrants: Duwayne N. Bagano, Timothy M. Buechler, Leroy Caberto, Jorge L. Gonzalez, Robert M. Hagen, Christopher D. Hill, Lisa Jeffries, Scott G. Ruiz; warrants of arrest: Zion M. Harada, Richard I. Leibman.
