Kenolio警官在2023年在Hilo站擦掉一个集装箱后,没有就篡改证据提出抗辩;另一名警官面临单独指控。
Officer Kenolio pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence after wiping a container at the Hilo station in 2023; another officer faces separate charges.
夏威夷县警官Blanne Kenolio, 39岁,在据称于2023年5月在Hilo警察局对一个被拘捕者手提袋中的封闭集装箱进行无授权搜查并用酒精擦除痕迹证据之后,没有就轻罪篡改物证提出抗辩。
Hawaii County Police Officer Blane Kenolio, 39, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor tampering with physical evidence after allegedly conducting a warrantless search of a closed container in an arrestee’s handbag at the Hilo Police Station in May 2023 and wiping it with alcohol to remove trace evidence.
判决定于2026年5月28日, 而Kenolio则寻求推迟接受, 如果他一年没有犯罪,
Sentencing is set for May 28, 2026, and Kenolio seeks deferred acceptance, which could erase the conviction if he remains crime-free for a year.
另一名28岁的军官Noah Serrao面临不同的重罪和轻罪指控,包括伪证,定于6月8日进行陪审团审判。
Another officer, Noah Serrao, 28, faces separate felony and misdemeanor charges, including perjury, and is scheduled for a jury trial on June 8.
此案由总检察长特别调查和起诉司和夏威夷警察局调查。
The case was investigated by the Attorney General’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division and the Hawaii Police Department.
两名军官均被推定无罪。
Both officers are presumed innocent.