KAILUA-KONA — A Kailua-Kona man was indicted on sex assault and incest charges last week. ADVERTISING KAILUA-KONA — A Kailua-Kona man was indicted on sex assault and incest charges last week. Kimo Kalanikualii Piko, 40, also known as James Kimo
KAILUA-KONA — A Kailua-Kona man was indicted on sex assault and incest charges last week.
Kimo Kalanikualii Piko, 40, also known as James Kimo Kalili, was arrested Tuesday. The same day, he pleaded not guilty in Kona Circuit Court.
Court documents state the alleged crimes occurred over a four-year period.
Piko was indicted by a grand jury July 11 on two counts of first-degree sexual assault and a single incest charge. A bench warrant was ordered for his arrest the next day.
The indictment states that on or about May 1, 2011, through Nov. 26, 2015, Piko “knowingly subjected to sexual penetration … a person who was mentally defective ….”
The incest charge was lodged as the victim “was within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity within which marriage is prohibited,” according to the indictment.
A trial date was set for Oct. 24 and bail was maintained at $22,000.
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