LIHU‘E — Two more co-conspirators have been sentenced in the Kaua‘i drug ring centered around former county council member Arthur Brun.
In a O‘ahu courthouse Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced Sheena Millare to 20 months imprisonment and two years supervised release.
After she was indicted along with Brun and 11 others in 2020, Millare pled guilty in November 2021 to distributing meth for the former council member.
According to court documents, Millare began working as a “runner” for the Brun around 2018, where she delivered meth and collected cash payments on his behalf.
On many occasions, when Brun’s drug customers could not reach him directly, they would contact Millare.
In return, documents say Millare “understood that she could ask Brun for monetary assistance,” or meth for personal use.
In 2019, she helped facilitate the sale of one ounce of meth to a confidential informant acting under the direction of law enforcement. The product was later determined by the Drug Enforcement Agency to be approximately 96% pure.
Judge Derrick K. Watson recommended Millare be placed in federal correction institutes in either Dublin, California or Phoenix, Arizona and that she be placed in a drug treatment program.
In terms of the quantity of product moved, Millare was one of the smaller players in the conspiracy, and was given a lighter sentence than many of Brun’s other associates.
Co-conspirator Robby Silva was given a much harsher sentence in late July — 57 months at Sheridan Federal Correctional Institute followed by three years supervised release.
Silva was a supplier — he would coordinate shipments of meth from the Continental United States for distribution on Kaua‘i. Wiretap conversations show him discussing the shipment of several pounds of meth, using the code phrase “rims and tires” to refer to the product.
He met Brun in 2018 and was closely tied with the former council member. After Brun’s February 2020 car crash when he veered into oncoming traffic, Silva was called to tow the vehicle.
Silva received the harshest sentence of any of the individuals involved so far with the exception of Brun himself, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison this May. In a plea deal reached with prosecutors, Brun agreed to a 15-year sentence — but Judge Watson denied it because it was too lenient.
All the other co-defendants in the case have reached plea deals, and most have been sentenced.
Still awaiting sentencing is Maluelue Umu, a co-defendant referred to in court documents as a “known member of the United Samoan Organization gang” who admitted to being one of Brun’s largest suppliers.
Umu is set to be sentenced Sept. 23 at 10 a.m.
