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Two members of a notorious Samoan prison gang and the wife of a third entered not-guilty pleas Monday after they were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to get carjacking and kidnapping victims to make false statements.
From the Dec. 23, 1987 Telegram: "An 8-year-old boy was listed in fair condition Wednesday morning by personnel at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth where he is being treated for a gunshot wound that resulted from a Tuesday incident at Foxboro."
Arthur Brun was a sitting Kauai County Council member when he led a methamphetamine ring supplied by an infamous prison gang.
Former Kauaʻi County Councilmember Arthur Brun was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking ring. The sentencing came after Judge Derrick Watson struck down a 15-year plea deal Brun had agreed to with federal prosecutors earlier this year.
A U.S. judge has rejected a deal between prosecutors and a former elected Kauaʻi official who agreed to plead guilty and accept a 15-year prison term for leading a drug-trafficking organization.