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A look at the key dates in the
case involving now-retired
Honolulu police Chief Louis HAHN
PROSECUTOR
current HPD officers were Friday pending the outcome job, federal investigators are He also cited another case
indicted as part of an un- of the federal case. looking at the prosecutors in which Kealoha and two
precedented case of abuse She already was on leave office as well. police officers entered and
Continued from A1 of power and corruption by without pay since May a In January, they raided searched a relatives home
public officials in Hawaii. status she had requested the office, searching com- after the relative was ar-
Victor Bakke, another deputy federal defender, Some of the alleged mis- and that was unrelated to puter servers and seizing rested.
criminal defense lawyer and told reporters that if he conduct by Katherine Keal- the federal investigation, ac- laptops. This establishes her will-
a former member of the were in state court and had oha happened when she cording to Parker. The grand jury investiga- ingness to use her power to
prosecutors office, said he a case that Kealoha handled, was not with the prosecu- But once she was in- tion also has delved into a gain an advantage, McDon-
expects attorneys with cli- he would seek a dismissal. tors office. But most of it al- dicted, her leave became in- land purchase involving the ald told Puglisi.
ents in criminal cases that I think she has jeopar- legedly occurred while she voluntary, he said. offices Makiki safe house Jonathan Burge, a crimi-
Kealoha worked on to raise dized a lot of cases that are was a deputy prosecutor, in- Kealoha has had three for female victims of domes- nal defense attorney and for-
questions about that con- pending in state court by cluding as head of the sev- stints at the prosecutors of- tic violence and sex traffick- mer police officer, doesnt
nection, with the strongest her actions and her inability en-attorney career criminal fice. She first joined the of- ing. believe Kealohas indict-
arguments of a taint coming and her unwillingness to unit. fice in 1993 and stayed until And McDonald, the fed- ment will have much of an
in cases in which she played step aside, Silvert said. The unit, which she April 2001. She rejoined the eral prosecutor, told the impact for now on the pros-
a principal role. Kaneshiro, through a headed since at least 2011, staff in May 2006 and left in court Friday that Kealoha ecutors office.
Bakke said hundreds of spokesman, declined com- focuses on repeat offenders February 2008. used her position as a dep- Unless she is convicted or
cases potentially could be ment. in felony cases. She started her most re- uty prosecutor to make false more facts emerge calling
affected. Its a big monkey Kealoha; her husband, re- Chuck Parker, a spokes- cent stint in November 2010. representations in state into question her conduct
wrench, he said. Its mas- tired Honolulu Police De- man for Kaneshiro, said While the charges she court to get a case involving as a prosecutor, at this
sive. partment Chief Louis Katherine Kealoha was faces stem from conduct un- excessive speeding dis- point, I dont really see too
Alexander Silvert, first Kealoha; and four former or placed on leave without pay related to her prosecutor missed. many red flags, Burge said.