Updated at 3:18 p.m., Thursday, December 20, 2007
Big Island man accused of abusing woman for 5 days
Advertiser Staff
Big Island police today charged a Kona man with physically and sexually abusing a woman Dec. 12-16 in Holualoa.Sanford Kinimaka Granito, 39, was charged with two counts of abuse of a household member, one count of second-degree sexual assault, and one count of second-degree terroristic threatening.
The woman told police that during the five-day period, she was sexually assaulted, choked and threatened.
Granito's bail was set at $5,250. He has six prior convictions, according to Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center records.
