That was a epic story. I'm trying to figure out who they are. Would be good for a nonresident CCW lawsuit
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My crap detector is beeping.Defend Hawaii’ – Maui PD and EMTs Conspire to Chase ‘Hunted’ Tourist-Victims Away
MN: … The Luceros were rescued in the early morning hours of June 5 and were eventually hospitalized as a result of their hike of 10,000 feet to the Haleakala Observatory. They say it was a forced hike in a desperate attempt seeking rescue from an armed assailant and accomplices that “hunted them with drones” after stealing their car at gunpoint.
After their story has made international news, the Lucero’s are frustrated by local official’s response and how they were treated throughout the ordeal that continues to play out in the Second Circuit Court and the Second District Court in Maui county.
On June 24, 12 charges against Helmer stemming from the June 4 incident and another on June 3, involving two local residents, were dropped without prejudice and remanded from the Second District Court in Wailuku to the Second Circuit Court. On the same day, eight counts were brought up against Helmer in the second circuit court for the incident that took place on June 4.
(TRANSLATION: Two of the criminals escape justice.)
Helmer is being held at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku on previous pending felony charges and his bail for the June 4 incident is set at $500,000, for which a hearing was held on Wednesday to determine if presiding Judge Michelle Drewyer will allow Helmer to post bail.
Helmer was initially being held on nine felony charges that were filed on May 30 for a separate incident that occurred between May 10-11. On June 10, Helmer pleaded not guilty to the nine felony charges and three misdemeanors in the separate case. The felony charges included three kidnapping felony counts….
(SOFT ON CRIME: Helmer was already in jail for the same type of crime. The courts let him back out.)
The Luceros are thankful to be alive, but most importantly they wanted people to be made more aware of what happened to them and how they have been treated in the aftermath.
“We were in this grave danger being hunted by this guy (Helmer) and a couple of his friends and had to hike 10,000 feet unknowingly in a matter of 22 and a half hours for our life and the minute that we are saved, we’re being interrogated like we did something wrong,” Alex Lucero said.
(CLUE: This is why the Miske Gang slogan is ‘Defend Hawaii’)
“I want to leave room for there to have been just a bit of communication error,” Justina says in retrospect of the day they were found. “But once we finally got with the medics – when we were sitting in the back of the police car and AMR is there, the medic comes out and just started yelling at me. At first I thought it was a joke. I couldn’t believe it. I’m sitting in the back of a cop car filthy, barefoot with a blanket on not having had rest in 22 plus hours running for my life, she starts berating me and telling me that they are not a taxi service. And that if I like to walk so much, I can walk myself to the emergency room.”
(CLUE: This is why the Miske Gang slogan is ‘Defend Hawaii’)
Justina says they were refused medical services when they were initially found and that the Luceros had to “convince the police to take them to the emergency room.” The Luceros were eventually admitted to the hospital and held overnight….