Man who received $12.5M city settlement sentenced on gun, drug offenses

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Just a year and a half after receiving a multimillion-dollar payment from the city, Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati will spend 10 years in federal prison.

Back in May, the 39-year-old from Waianae accepted a deal to plead guilty to firearms and drug offenses after he was found with a ghost gun, ammunition, and more than 100 grams of meth in May 2024.

That arrest came just three months after he received $12.5 million settlement from the city over a 2021 police chase in Makaha…

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