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Posted on: Thursday, November 5, 2009

Maui man gets prison time for arrest on day after his release from jail


Maui News

WAILUKU — A five-year prison term was ordered Tuesday for a man who was arrested for assault in April, a day after he was placed on probation and released from jail in another case.

Thomas Maeda, 46, had pleaded no contest to third-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening.
According to police, a man who reported being assaulted by Maeda drove him to the Wailuku Police Station after he fell asleep in the man's car. After Maeda awoke at the station, he became belligerent and threatened a police officer, police said.
The incident occurred April 18, the day after Maeda had been released from jail when he was placed on five years' probation for second-degree theft.
Along with sentencing Maeda for the new charges, 2nd Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza resentenced him to a five-year prison term in his previous case.