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WAILUKU -- A man is serving a one-year jail term for stealing belongings from three rental cars, including one on Christmas Day last year.
William Hapgood, 24, of Kihei also was placed on four years' probation when he was sentenced Nov. 9.
"This is pretty much your last rodeo," 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo said in sentencing Hapgood, who is also known as Alex Durkin.
If he gets in trouble again, "I'm going to lasso you in and pull you back into the prison corral," Loo told Hapgood.
He had pleaded no contest to three counts of first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, three counts of theft of a credit card, two counts of third-degree theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, unauthorized possession of confidential personal information and two counts of second-degree theft.
The thefts from the three vehicles, all Jeep Wranglers, occurred from Oct. 21, 2017, to Christmas Day, according to court records.
"You hit at least three separate cars in at least three different areas," Loo told Hapgood. "Many, many victims of your crimes had to deal with the loss of their credit cards, loss of their clothing. The list goes on and on and on.
"You spoiled somebody's Christmas last year."
Hapgood needs help for a serious drug problem that started when he was a juvenile in California, said Deputy Public Defender Zach Raidmae. Hapgood has twin sons, including one who is sick, he said.
When he was arrested last Christmas, Hapgood was on probation for drug offenses in a 2016 case, court records show. In April, his probation was revoked, and he was resentenced to a one-year jail term as part of four years' probation.
Of 18 conditions imposed as part of his probation, Hapgood had only complied with one, Judge Loo said.
Hapgood was ordered to pay $300 in restitution and to perform 200 hours of community service. He was ordered to write letters apologizing to the three rental car companies and to the three people who had property stolen from the rental cars.
In another sentencing Nov. 9, a 32-year-old woman was given a chance to keep a felony theft conviction off her record if she follows court requirements for the next five years.
Annette Hookano had pleaded no contest to second-degree theft after cashing a forged $4,000 check on Aug. 20, 2017.
Hookano said a friend gave her the check, and she didn't know the woman whose name was on the check.
"I was pregnant," she said. "I was homeless in my car."
When Judge Loo asked if Hookano was supposed to pay back the money, she said no.
"It was like almost too good to be true," Hookano said.
Temas said the check owner called police after realizing she had lost her checkbook, possibly when someone searched her purse at Haycraft Park in Maalaea. By then, Hookano had taken the check to a bank and had gotten the money in cash, Temas said.
Judge Loo said Hookano should have known better.
"Your little sensors should have been going off," Loo said.
Hookano was ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution and to perform 200 hours of community service. She was ordered not to consume alcohol or illegal drugs and to write letters apologizing to the check owner and Hawaii State Federal Credit Union.
* Lila Fujimoto can be reached at lfujimoto@mauinews.com.