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Maui man convicted of trying to extort tourists – Hawaii News Now

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Russ Roberts

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Maui man convicted of trying to extort tourists
Hawaii News Now
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) – A Maui man has been found guilty of trying to extort money from a group of California tourists and assaulting one of them with a rake.

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

Put this guy in prison for a few years. Aloha, Russ.

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