HONOLULU – Two U.S. marshals led a former Honolulu prosecutor out of a courtroom Friday when a U.S. judge ordered her detained after a jury found her guilty of conspiracy and he expressed concern that she could try to obstruct justice before being sentenced.
Katherine Kealoha left her purse with her defense attorney as the marshals approached to take her into custody after the bail hearing.
She “lies as easily as she draws breath” and will do anything to avoid consequences, prosecutors said in court documents seeking her detention.
“This defendant is a walking crime-spree,” Michael Wheat, a special federal prosecutor, told the judge in court, saying she holds sway with police and has tampered with grand jury witnesses in the past. (AP)
