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Date: 12-19-2020
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Case Number: 1:20-cr-00031-DKW
Judge: Derrick K. Watson
Court: United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Description: Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a stolen firearm, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and theft of government property.
Glenn Robert Alika Muth, 28, of Honolulu, was charged with possession of a stolen firearm, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and theft of government property. Judge Watson ordered the sentence to run consecutively with any sentence imposed in Muth’s pending state theft cases. Additionally, Judge Watson ordered Muth to pay a total of $126,813.87 in restitution to the victims of his offenses.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii Kenji M. Price said that, according to court documents and information presented in court, on November 10, 2019, Muth—while on state probation—burglarized a residence in Waialua, Hawaii, stealing a gun safe containing 28 firearms and other items. The residence had a surveillance system that captured the burglary. Upon review, the owner identified the masked male in the surveillance footage as Muth and provided it to the Honolulu Police Department (HPD). The following day, HPD arrested Muth outside of an illegal game room for two outstanding probation revocation bench warrants. A federal search warrant executed on Muth’s backpack revealed two firearms and ammunition—one stolen from the burglary—and methamphetamine that Muth intended to use and distribute to others. Additionally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Army Criminal Investigation Command identified Muth as responsible for stealing a number of utility vehicles, equipment, and tools from the Logistical Readiness Center near Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
At sentencing, Judge Watson stated that the “significant danger to the community” from the burglary is “the most troubling part of this case.” The extent of the harm is one that “we cannot calculate” today, Judge Watson remarked, because it is unknown where these firearms—capable of wreaking “havoc and mayhem”—will appear down the road. Judge Watson gave a sentence at the high-end of the guidelines - nearly six years - to run consecutively with any sentence imposed by the state because of Muth’s responsibility for “the significant number of weapons in our streets.”
The case was investigated by the FBI, the HPD, Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Army Criminal Investigation Command. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sara D. Ayabe, Michael Nammar, and Micah W.J. Smith.
18:922J.F RECEIVE STOLEN FIREARMS, Possession of stolen firearm, 18:922(j)
(1)
21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE, Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C)
(2)
18:641.F PUBLIC MONEY, PROPERTY OR RECORDS, Theft of government property, 18:641
(3)
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 71 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for possession.
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