Updated at 2:21 p.m., Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wahiawa soccer coach convicted of molesting boys
Advertiser Staff
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Rames, 66, was arrested last year and accused of assaulting six boys between the ages of 7-12 over a four-year period.
Rames was a longtime soccer coach, foster parent and community activist.
Rames had been charged with two counts of first-degree sex assault, 10 counts of third-degree sex assault and two counts of witness tampering.
Under the plea agreement, the former Wahiawa soccer coach faces a five-year prison term when he is sentenced Dec. 5 by Circuit Judge Michael Wilson.
Third-degree sex assault involves inappropriate touching or fondling but not sexual penetration.
The prosecutor's office said families of the victims were made aware of the agreement before it was approved. The agreement avoided the necessity of placing the victims on the witness stand in a public trial, said Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Douglas Chin.
Police began an investigation into Rames after a 7-year-old victim was diagnosed with the herpes virus.
