Hawai'i fugitive captured on Guam
By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer
An admitted sex offender who failed to appear in Circuit Court for sentencing Wednesday was captured today as he got off a plane on Guam.
Jovie Adora
Jovie Adora, 26, was wanted on a $1 million warrant that was issued Wednesday after he left the Circuit Court building on Punchbowl Street. Adora had been free on bail after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexual abuse and was waiting outside Judge Fa'auuga To'oto'o's courtroom when he told his attorney he felt ill and left before the start of his sentencing.
The state Sheriff's Division and Honolulu police determined yesterday that Adora may have boarded a plane to Guam, said Honolulu police Detective Letha DeCaires.
Police on Guam were notified, and Adora was captured at about 10 p.m. Hawai'i time.
DeCaires said Adora's capture on Guam was crucial because he apparently was on his way to the Philippines. She said he will be extradited to Hawai'i to be sentenced for four sexual assaults on girls.
