Former Honolulu prosecutor Katherine Kealoha is set to be released from a federal prison in the Bay Area, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has confirmed.
Kealoha, who was convicted in 2019 in a mailbox framing scheme, is now set to move to a halfway house this month, years into her 13-year sentence.
Kealoha was sentenced in 2020 to 13 years of imprisonment in a federal prison for her role in a public embezzlement case involving her husband, former Honollu Police Chief Louis Kealoha, and former police officers.
Retired federal public defender Alexander Silvert confirmed through BOP on Wednesday, November 11, her halfway house release on November 20, 2006.
In 2019, a federal jury convicted the Kealohas and two former officers of conspiracy and attempted obstruction of justice for framing Katherine Kealoha’s uncle, Gerard Puana, for swiping the couple’s mailbox.
Prosecutors said the scheme was focused on discrediting and intimidating Puana after he accused Katherine Kealoha of stealing money from him and his aged mother.
The evidence presented at trial by the prosecution showed the couple stole over $148,000 from the grandmother’s accounts over six months.
Katherine was sentenced to 156 months of life in prison, while her husband Louis received an 84-month sentence.
Kealoha’s one-year halfway term starts this month, and then she will be under home confinement until July 24, 2029, which is her release date.
