Alleged Waianae gang leader remains detained
Edward Caspino’s attorney, however, said photo and video evidence presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter do not show what prosecutors claim.
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Edward Caspino’s attorney, however, said photo and video evidence presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wes Reber Porter do not show what prosecutors claim.
Caspino and his alleged co-conspirators “conducted, managed, supervised, directed and owned” an illegal chicken fighting operation located at the property where Caspino lived.
The leader of an alleged Waianae gang pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to running chicken fighting derbies and illegal gambling dens, and marketing methamphetamine.
William Wong will serve his time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Ore.
The 64-year-old former secretary-treasurer of the Hawaii Longshore Division who was found guilty of falsifying payment records and embezzlement was sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi.