LIHU‘E — A jury found Hannibal Huihui not guilty on second-degree terroristic threat and harassment charges Wednesday in Fifth Circuit Court. Huihui showed no emotion as the clerk read not guilty to both counts. It would be nearly 10 minutes
LIHU‘E — A jury found Hannibal Huihui not guilty on second-degree terroristic threat and harassment charges Wednesday in Fifth Circuit Court.
Huihui showed no emotion as the clerk read not guilty to both counts. It would be nearly 10 minutes before he showed a smile after he left the courtroom with his attorney, Shauna Lee Cahill.
The trial started Monday and the jury went into deliberation Tuesday afternoon. A verdict was reached at 9:53 a.m. Wednesday, but it was nearly noon before it was announced after 5th Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe completed the morning calendar.
County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Wendel Crutchfield represented the state. The trial was over an incident last January between neighbors in a small apartment complex on Kawaihau Road in Kapa‘a.
The principal prosecution witness was Jeffrey Olson, a 38-year-old tile setter who described his stay at the apartment as anything but pleasant. The problem, he said, was the apartment management’s makeshift electrical arrangements that had power extension cords running into units that weren’t hooked up yet.
Huihui, 47, had just moved in less than a week before the incident Jan. 4. Olson said his power was running on a cord into Huihui’s apartment.
It was in the early evening and after arriving home to discover neighbors’ guests in his parking spot, and after seeing that Huihui’s power was on but that his own was not, Olson became upset and said he should call the police.
Huihui came out and stood right in front of him.
Olson, 38, a former bouncer around 230 pounds and just under 6 feet tall, said he still felt overwhelmed at the encounter when the 290-pound Huihui shoved his shoulders with both hands. Just who did call the police Olson could not say. He added he did not make the call, and wanted the matter to end right there.
When police asked him questions Olson said he answered but did not wish to file charges. Other neighbors came out and witnessed the shouting and shoving. Members of the Badua and Mundon families testified as witnesses.
