CACHOLA IS NOW CHARGED WITH
ABUSE OF A FAMILY
MEMBER AND HARASSMENT.
HE WAS RELEASED AFTER POSTING
15-HUNDRED DOLLARS BAIL.
NOW WE'VE LEARNED ... A LAWSUIT
HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST CACHOLA
AND THE HONOLULU POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
JENN BONEZA HAS OUR TOP STORY.
JENN?
JENN:
THE LAWSUIT RAISES ALLEGATIONS
OF CONSPIRACY, GROSS NEGLIGENCE,
ABUSE, AND
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS ALL RELATED
TO H-P-D'S HANDLING OF AN
INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
CACHOLA AND HIS WIFE.
ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT POLICE
WERE CALLED TO THE FAMILIES HOME
IN 2017 AFTER HIS WIFE CLAIMED
CACHOLA STRANGLED HER. WHEN
POLICE ARRIVED CACHOLA'S WIFE
SAYS
OFFICER KEVIN BAILEY LOOKED AT
HER INJURIES AND SAID "THIS IS
NOT GOOD".
SHE CLAIMS OFFICER BAILEY TOLD
HER THE MEDIA WOULD HARASS HER
AND IT WOULD BE "UGLY" AND
"EMBARRASSING."
THEY TOLD HER TO WRITE THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH MY
HUSBAND, I HAVE NO INJURIES,
THANK YOU."
CACHOLA WAS NOT ARRESTED IN THIS
INCIDENT AND NO PHOTOGRAPHS WERE
TAKEN OF HER INJURIES.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS
AFTER VIDEO SURFACED OF CACHOLA
FIGHTING WITH HIS THEN
GIRLFRIEND AT KUNI'S RESTAURANT
IN
WAIPAHU
CHARGES WERE NOT FILED IN THAT
CASE.
I MET WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER
LORETTA SHEEHAN,
LORETTA SHEEHAN: "WHEN AN
OFFICER BEHAVES LIKE THIS NOT
ONLY DOES HE UNDERMINE
CONFIDENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT IT
ENCOURAGES
OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE TO THINK
THAT THEY CAN DO THE SAME AND
THAT IS JUST SO WRONG ON EVERY
LEVEL."
JENN: " I THINK ANY NORMAL
PERSON WOULD BE WONDERING HOW IS
IT POSSIBLE THAT AN OFFICER CAN
CONTINUE TO ACT THIS WAY AND DO
THESE THINGS AND STILL REMAIN AN
OFFICER?"
LORETTA SHEEHAN: "THAT IS A
GREAT QUESTION I DON'T KNOW I
DON'T KNOW WHY HE STILL A POLICE
OFFICER."
CACHOLA WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY
AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ABUSE
OF A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND
HARASSMENT.
H-P-D SAYS CACHOLA'S POLICE
POWERS WILL BE REMOVED... AND
BOTH CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN
INITIATED.
IN A STATEMENT CHIEF SUSAN
BALLARD SAID:
"WE EXPECT OUR OFFICERS TO BE
POSITIVE EXAMPLES FOR THE
COMMUNITY, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY,
AND ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH
THE ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THIS
OFFICER'S CONDUCT."
SHEEHAN SAYS SHE WANTS MORE
TRANSPARENCY IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
LORETTA: "AT THIS POINT GIVEN
THE REPEATED ARRESTS, OFFICER
CACHOLA I THINK HE'S A POSTER
BOY FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN
TERMS OF
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST
OFFICERS."
JENN:
WE REACHED OUT TO HPD. THEY SAY
THEY HAVE NO COMMENT REGARDING
THE LAWSUIT AT THIS TIME. WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
CASE. LOG ON TO KHON2.COM FOR
THE LATEST.
JOE
JOE:
