KAILUA-KONA — A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a teenager accused of sexual assault for violating conditions of bail.
Samuel Latrik faces numerous Class A felony sexual assault charges connected with a September 2016 Old Kona Airport Park rape case. He is one of two males arrested and charged in the crime.
His co-defendant, Tyrone Sigrah, recently pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault, second-degree assault, kidnapping and second-degree robbery. Sigrah now awaits sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 18.
Latrik is scheduled for a jury trial Oct. 23.
The request to revoke Latrik’s bail was filed July 20 by the Hawaii Intake Service Center after the teen failed to check in with his social worker, a requirement of his release. It was granted by Kona Circuit Court Judge Robert D.S. Kim, and a bench warrant for the teen’s arrest was issued Friday.
Latrik was arrested in January and received a $50,000 bail. Kim lowered the bail in February to $25,000. Part of the conditions of the teen’s release was to check in twice a month face-to-face with his social worker at the intake center and call every week on Wednesday.
According to court documents, Latrik has not reported by phone or in person from June 27-July 17. While the defendant did leave a message July 18 indicating he was checking in, “it still does not negate the fact that he failed to report HISC over three weeks,” the documents say.
Court documents also indicate messages were left for Latrik on July 10 and 19. HISC received no return call July 10. However, the defendant’s sister called the social worker back July 19 and said she was unaware Latrik wasn’t checking in.
“The defendant has demonstrated his unwillingness to comply with the conditions of his release,” court documents state. “Therefore, it is recommended that his conditions of bail be revoked and bail be reinstated.”
Latrik was arrested and charged in connection with the assault of a woman Sept. 3, 2016, at Old Kona Airport Park. According to the Hawaii Police Department, two boys approached a woman and punched and sexually assaulted her. Police added the boys fled when confronted by an unidentified person.
A Kona grand jury indicted Latrik in January on three counts of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, kidnapping, second-degree robbery, first-degree terroristic threatening and sexual assault.
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