HONOLULU (AP) - A U.S. judge is ordering that there be two trials for a former Honolulu police chief, his deputy prosecutor wife and current and former officers facing corruption-related charges.
Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled Thursday that there will be one trial for allegations that Louis and Katherine Kealoha orchestrated the framing of a relative for a mailbox theft. Current and former police officers will be tried with the couple in this trial.
The Kealohas will face a second trial on their own for bank fraud and identity theft, including allegations that Katherine Kealoha bilked family members, banks and children whose trusts she controlled.
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Seabright says prosecutors who argued for one trial didn’t show how the alleged framing conspiracy is logically related to the bank fraud and identity theft allegations.
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