child sex crimes

Finehafo’ou Hafoka of Kahului was arrested on 12 March for Electronic Enticement of a Child in the First Degree and Promoting Pornography for Minors.

Hafoka also was charged with two counts of indecent electronic display to a child.

Bail was set at $150,000.

Between 12 March and 14 March, officers, special agents and analysts posed as minors online and targeted those intending to meet children for sex.

The 42-year-old man, understood to be in prison, was charged in November 2016 with a number of child sex offences including possessing child exploitation material and using a carriage service to groom persons under 16.

After a thorough examination of the man's computer, he has this week been further charged with another 931 child sex offences, including, rape, indecent treatment of children, making child exploitation material, using a carriage service to procure person under 16, and using a carriage service for child pornography material.