A murder suspect who touched off an intensive search after fleeing from state custody at Circuit Court seven months ago was sentenced this week to a lengthy prison term.
Circuit Judge Glenn Kim on Wednesday sentenced Teddy Munet to five years in prison for escape and 10 years for robbery, which will be served at the same time.
Munet escaped on Feb. 20 from a loading dock at the Circuit Court building while still in handcuffs and a belly chain. He was there to appear for a morning pretrial hearing on charges that he allegedly killed William Fallau in 2012.
In June, Munet, 30, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the February escape and attempted robbery. Munet tried to hijack a car shortly after he escaped.
State Public Safety Director Ted Sakai said Munet should have been in leg shackles but was not. Munet bolted as inmates were being unloaded from four vans just after 8 a.m.
Police captured Munet nearly 12 hours later, eight blocks away on Waimanu Street in Kakaako.
Following Munet’s escape, Sakai ordered that all medium- and maximum-security inmates be required to wear handcuffs, waist chains and leg irons when being transferred to courtrooms for hearings.
Munet was being held on $1 million bail at Oahu Community Correctional Center before his escape.
He is accused of fatally shooting Fallau last July. Munet is charged with second-degree murder, second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, possessing drug paraphernalia and three firearm counts. His murder trial is scheduled for the week of Oct. 7.
Hikers found Fallau’s body July 19, 2012, at the Kawainui State Park Reserve. The Honolulu medical examiner’s office said Fallau, 29, died of a gunshot wound to the back of the neck.
