Posted on: Monday, July 26, 2004

POLICE BEAT
Man sentenced in drug killing

Advertiser Staff

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the drug-related murder of Tracey Tominaga in January 2002.

Circuit Judge Karen Ahn ordered Andrey Lake to serve two concurrent five-year terms for assault and hindering prosecutions. Lake is the last of eight men to be sentenced in the murder of Tominaga.

The 37-year-old Tominaga was killed because she and a male friend had robbed her crystal methamphetamine supplier, Jason Perry, at gunpoint of ice and cash, according to prosecutors.

Perry is serving two life terms without parole plus 10 years for conspiracy in the murder of Tominaga and 40-year-old Edward Fuller. Prosecutors said Fuller was killed so he would not go to police.

Delaneo Puha, convicted of conspiracy and hindering prosecution, received 15 years. Five others received sentences ranging from probation to 10 years.

Hawai'i man held in Ghana jail

A Hawai'i businessman is being held in a jail in the African nation of Ghana for allegedly defaulting on a multimillion-dollar contract.

Carol Andrews said her husband, Kevin Andrews of Waimanalo, was jailed July 8 in Accra, Ghana.

Sen. Dan Inouye's office confirmed that Andrews is being detained.

The case involves machinery to be installed for ma chili pepper-drying process.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is investigating Andrews for improper use of agricultural lands he leases from the state.

Andrews, also known as Kevin Jefferies, has six convictions in Hawai'i from 1977 to 1996, five for misdemeanors and one for a petty misdemeanor.