LIHU‘E — A sex offender who was late for a group meeting will have to start a new five-year probation. Kaina-Lee Branson Rosare, 20, of Kapahi, found himself in violation of his probation after admitting he showed up late to
LIHU‘E — A sex offender who was late for a group meeting will have to start a new five-year probation.
Kaina-Lee Branson Rosare, 20, of Kapahi, found himself in violation of his probation after admitting he showed up late to a group meeting because of heavy traffic. It landed him in jail this week with a prosecutor’s motion for revocation or modification of his probation.
This is a serious case, said County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Lisa Arin in court. The defendant was given the benefit of probation for his youth, and it was his responsibility to remain compliant, she added. Rosare said he was five minutes late and the probation department says it was 15 minutes, according to his attorney State Deputy Public Defender John Calma.
Nevertheless, Chief Judge Randal Valenciano said this is a violation of the terms and condition of the Hawai‘i Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program. It presents greater consequences than standard probation, including missing required meetings.
Rosare was sentenced in January to 18 months jail and a five-year probation for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. He was arrested in November 2010 and pleaded to an amended charge of second-degree sexual assault in September 2011. Having credit of around a year in jail before his sentencing, Rosare was released earlier in the year and entered the HOPE probation program. The judge said that a revocation could result in a 10-year prison sentence.
