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A 33-year-old Wahiawa man will stand trial beginning June 15 for allegedly wounding a man who refused to buy an ounce of "ice" from him last month.
Mack Fesagiga-McCormick entered a plea of not guilty Monday in Circuit Court to charges of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, using a firearm to commit the crimes, being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm without a permit. He is being held in Oahu Community Correctional Center, unable to post bail of $500,000.
Fesagiga-McCormick is charged with shooting Jonnel Pagdilao in a Mililani supermarket parking lot March 28 after a drug deal apparently went bad.
After examining what Fesagiga-McCormick gave him in a plastic bag, Pagdilao rejected it because he maintained "it was not very good ice" and possibly short of an ounce, police said. Fesagiga-McCormick then allegedly pulled out a silver semi-automatic handgun and demanded all of Pagdilao’s money, a police affidavit said.
Pagdilao withdrew a complaint against Fesagiga-McCormick on March 29, telling homicide detectives that his family was unaware of his gambling and ice problems, and he did not wish to disclose the information if his case ever went to trial.
However, two days later Pagdilao changed his mind and said he would be willing to testify that Fesagiga-McCormick tried to rob him and then shot him when the drug deal fell apart.
Fesagiga-McCormick has two prior felony convictions: first-degree hindering prosecution and breaking into a vehicle.