“Furthermore, the discovery includes video surveillance that corresponds to the time of the phone calls, video of the removal of the gambling devices, who did it and when the Hawaii County Police Department arrived at the Triple 7 to execute the search warrant.”Ī key prosecution witness is retired police detective Ian Lee Loy, who is facing his own legal issues.
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“Chad Fukui then made a series of phone calls to the Triple 7, Lance Yamada and so forth,” the document states. 10, 2017, raid on Triple 7 arcade in the Canario Building in downtown Hilo.įukui applied to be police chief in 2008, but then-Deputy Chief Harry Kubojiri was chosen for the department’s top job.įukui and a retired police detective, Brian Miller - who was still on the force at that time - are accused of tipping off Triple 7 owners Lance and Stacey Yamada.Īccording to a document filed by prosecutors, Miller called Fukui “after learning about the execution of the search warrant in the morning hours of Aug. 21, and added the obstructing charge.įukui was charged in connection with an Aug. Now retired Hilo Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura had previously dismissed the hindering prosecution and tampering charges, ruling records of calls made to and from Fukui’s cellphone were inadmissible as evidence because they were obtained by an administrative subpoena instead of a search warrant.Ĭounty Prosecutor Mitch Roth refiled charges on Feb. Fukui is charged with obstructing government operations and two counts each of second-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence, all misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail upon conviction.
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