Posted at 11:50 a.m., Monday, July 22, 2002
FBI arrests prominent Kaua'i tourism figure
Advertiser Staff
The FBI today arrested Gary James Baldwin of Kaua'i on unlawful flight from prosecution in connection with a 1986 Arizona indictment alleging that he defrauded a local doctor of $300,000.Baldwin, 53, a prominent member of Kaua'i's tourism industry, is a charter member of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, chairman of the Kauai Economic Development Board and a member of the Kauai County Planning Commission.
In September 1986, Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly defrauding an Arizona doctor. On hearing the news, the FBI said Baldwin left a suicide note and disappeared.
FBI investigators learned recently that Baldwin was living on Kaua'i.
Baldwin will be taken to O'ahu, where he will await extradition to Maricopa County in Arizona.
No date has been set for his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate.
