Posted at 11:15 a.m., Friday, January 12, 2007
Man gets maximum 10-year prison term for burglaries
Advertiser Staff
A 34-year-old Wahiawa man was sentenced to a maximum 10-year prison term this morning for burglarizing four homes and trying to burglarize two others in communities around O'ahu.Marlon Galapon was sentenced by Circuit Judge Richard Pollack after five victims told him about the hardships and anguish caused by the break-ins.
The crimes normally have a 10-year maximum sentence, but city prosecutors asked for extended or consecutive terms that would have meant a 20-year sentence. The judge indicated the 10 years was sufficient enough to deter Galapon from committing future crimes.
Galapon committed the burglaries and attempted burglaries in Mililani, Wahiawa, 'Aiea and Kahalu'u from 2004 to last year.
Galapon did not have previous felony convictions, but tried to burglarize a Mililani home in February last year when he was free on bail pending sentencing in four of his burglary cases.
The Hawai'i Paroling Authority will later set the minimum term Galapon must serve before he is eligible for release on parole.
City Deputy Prosecutor Paul Mow said he will ask the paroling authority to order Galapon to serve the full 10-year sentence.
