HONOLULU (KHON2) — Court documents show this isn’t the Ala Moana chemical attack suspect’s first run in with the law. Court documents state, he has 55 prior arrests, majority of them are for trespassing.
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Court documents reveal, the suspect was just released from prison on Monday after getting a bond company to post an $8,000 bond for drug and assault charges tied to a case in Oct. 2023.
“When a bond company posts a bond, the ball is now in the bond company’s court,” said legal expert Megan Kau. “It’s the responsibility of the bond company to make sure the defendant appears at court and so very often, the bond company will make you check in with them.”
KHON2 has learned the suspect was living in a homeless encampment along Nimitz Highway following his release.
“He came out Monday and he came straight to my tent and I said ‘oh my goodness you’re out,’” said Francis Ladia, who lived with the suspect. “So I took him in. I think the night he left here, he said he was doing a job. I don’t know what kind of job it was, but he said he needed to go do a job that night.”