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Updated at 6:54 p.m., Sunday, December 2, 2007

Soldier accused of 2 more UH dorm break-ins

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

 

Mark Andrew Heath

Honolulu Police Department

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Prosecutors have charged a Schofield soldier with four new criminal offenses stemming from two alleged University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus break-ins, bringing to four the number of separate cases against the man.

Mark Andrew Heath, 20, was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree theft and third-degree sex assault. He was arrested on the new counts at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center, where he is awaiting trial for unauthorized entry into a dwelling and first-degree burglary stemming from separate incidents Thanksgiving weekend at UH's Lokelani dormitory at 2579 Dole St.

Heath, a scout assigned to the Army's Stryker brigade, was being held at OCCC in lieu of $100,000 bail when the new charges were added.

Keith Seto, a Honolulu deputy prosecuting attorney, had alluded to the new charges without going into detail in arguing against supervised release Thursday at Heath's preliminary hearing.

The new counts stem from alleged break-ins on Nov. 24 and Aug.19.

The Nov. 24 charges involve a burglary and theft at Lokelani dorm while the Aug. 19 charges involve a break-in at Mokihana dorm in which a female student was allegedly awakened and fondled in her room by a man holding a weapon to her face.

Heath's bail on the additional charges is $150,000. An initial appearance is scheduled tomorrow at District Court.