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Man faces 20 years for abuse
A Kapaa, Kauai, man pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a girl and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 7, Kauai County officials said in a news release.
Joseph Kalani Contrades, 37, was found guilty Monday of continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14 years, and two counts of sexual assault in the first degree.
Contrades was charged via a Family Court complaint with multiple offenses arising from separate incidents that took place from August 2013 until his arrest on Feb. 26.
Contrades could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years for each count.
But prosecutors agreed to request that the 20-year maximum terms run at the same time, and to dismiss the remaining charges.
Man doused with gas, torched
Police arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder involving an incident in which a man doused with a flammable liquid suffered burns in Kaneohe on Wednesday.
Emergency Medical Services said the man suffered second-degree burns Wednesday evening. Fire officials said the flammable liquid was gasoline.
EMS said the man was seriously injured at 6:15 p.m. on Anoi Road in Kaneohe.