LIHU’E – Circuit Court Judge Clifford L. Nakea sentenced one convicted sex offender and revoked bail for a second who failed to appear for his sentencing Tuesday. Nakea sentenced Stevens Inanod Jr. to 20 years in jail. Inanod Jr. was
LIHU’E – Circuit Court Judge Clifford L. Nakea sentenced one convicted sex
offender and revoked bail for a second who failed to appear for his sentencing
Tuesday.
Nakea sentenced Stevens Inanod Jr. to 20 years in jail. Inanod Jr.
was convicted of three sexual assault felonies. Both of his victims were 6
years old when the offenses began, authorities said.
Kaua`i County deputy
prosecutor Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho said one of the victims was Inanod’s
biological daughter, and the other was the daughter of his girlfriend.
At
least one of the victims was in the courtroom for Inanod’s sentencing.
Before passing sentence, Nakea had a few words for the
defendant.
“Society looks upon this type of offense as the worst possible
violation of the law,” Nakea told Inanod, adding that’s why “the legislature
made the 20-year-sentence mandatory. Hopefully with counseling they (the
victims) can recover and lead healthy lives.
” You have pretty much ruined
a portion of your life. For the rest of your life you will have to report your
whereabouts” to authorities as a convicted sex offender.
Inanod had no
comment.
In another sexual assault case, Nakea revoked the $100,000 bail
for David Nicholson, 48, who was slated to be sentenced for sexually assaulting
a patient in his care last year.
Nakea issued a bench warrant for
Nicholson’s arrest. If he’s apprehended, Nicholson would remain in custody
until being sentenced, now that his bail is canceled.
Nicholson, a licensed
LPN, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 75-year-old patient at Mahelona
Samuel Memorial Hospital in November 1999.
“This is very disturbing. The
victim was mentally disabled and physically handicapped and cannot speak,”
Iseri-Carvalho said.
The deputy prosecutor said Nicholson failed to appear
for sentencing once before. Iseri-Carvalho said she didn’t believe that
Nicholson, who was convicted of a drunk driving offense while awaiting
sentencing, was in a treatment program as reported by the public
defender.
“There’s no proof that he’s even there,” Iseri-Carvalho
said.
Staff writer Dennis Wilken can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 252)
and [dwilken@pulitzer.net]