Father of Maui carjacking suspect speaks out, criticizes low bail for son

The father of a carjacking suspect on Maui believes that crime could have been prevented if his son hadn’t been released on bail nearly a month earlier.
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[@GO-xs8pj]

This guy has more than a problem with drugs. He is a sociopath.

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Maybe. I'm pretty sure in America he should be considered innocent until proven guilty. So far he has only been accused of these crimes... not convicted.

[@eeeffert6042]

drugs actually help you less of a bad person. at least he's not an alcoholic. Thats way worse.

[@minhnguyen-mk9om]

i agree

[@wasabiginger6993]

Actually a psychopath

[@Sarah-xw2ff]

Absolutely. The couple interviewed said he and accomplices chased and tried to murder them as they fled.

[@peterdvideos]

“Usually” bail is ONLY $10,000 for kidnapping??? Our country has gone crazy.

[@julierogers1155]

Agreed, that is too low of a bail amount for kidnapping.

[@davewil3]

Yep, blue states protect criminals, not victims.

[@ialphasoul2460]

the bail isn't affected from inflation 🤣

[@Big_Island_Boi]

I was thinking the same thing. But there are also different types of kidnapping charges. It's not always "This guy came up to me and pointed a gun at me and made me get in his car and drove me to his house and tied me up in the bedroom." Sometimes it's more like "I was doing meth with my boyfriend for a week straight and he had a psychotic episode and would not let me leave the apartment or use my phone." Now, however, the bail seems ridiculously high. $750,000 ??? That's in the realm of a murder charge.

[@martinestrada8438]

Yeah 10,000 for kidnapping is nothing. Can’t even get a Rolex with that 😂

[@starkeyfarmstead]

This is how a REAL PARENT acts. It’s a shame so many families ok their loved ones bad behavior.

[@itgoestoeleven]

Wow, I couldn't disagree more that this father has failed as a parent!

[@PuaOlena-fj9oc]

Ohhhh…..no no no. YOU especially….using God as a cover for your lies and propaganda about Lahaina. Go away already. YOU have no business here…..keep lies in Alabama . Are they all toothless in Alabama??

[@suechan6414]

@@itgoestoeleven Judge not lest ye be judged.

[@Syo-tc7kl]

​@@itgoestoelevenwtf are you talking about my man

[@Syo-tc7kl]

Wtf are you talking about my man ​@@itgoestoeleven

[@RossellaPerry]

Must be very difficult for a parent to realize how dangerous to society his son is .

[@OneVoter-y6m]

Maui? He is a Maui police tool on the streets. How did the drugs get on Maui? Maui police, They own this thug they made, and he is their tool for use to get others into their claws. This is not rocket science people.

[@LizMagnuson]

No its not , just get him the help he needs, that is the conversation needed before the judge not the public

[@OneVoter-y6m]

@@LizMagnusonDefine help when the system is set up for your failure

[@russelmurray9268]

I feel your pain. It's a ugly job. Be strong n stay brave. All love n respect to you and your family

[@LizMagnuson]

No sorry to you but my poor son let me go on the news and my son was a good boy from a great family , sorry not to you but sorry he will have to stay in jail for a short time but he came from a good family , that's important right🤣😂🤣

[@Jonathapproach]

And how about his accomplices in the white minivan and the drone hunters? WTH were these sociopaths trying to do after they stole everything? Kidnap/ransom, senseless murder? This is beyond enraging. Do I need to carry ?

[@Gohomenow-e2b]

If you listen to this story there were more people involved as a couple was being hunted as they try to escape. This guy is a dangerous to the community he shouldn't even be granted bail

[@Big_Island_Boi]

IF their crazy, unbelievable story is true. We have no way of knowing that--and quite frankly, they have no way of proving it. Sounds like bullshit to me.

[@a.m.v.6938]

This poor guy needs to be locked up away from society, he will never be rehabilitated.

[@joeyguam]

Maybe ALL Tourist should stop visiting Maui for a few Years. See how fast the Justice System changes. It’s Sad, but drastic actions must be taken.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Pssshhh 🤭😂🤣 that’ll NEVER happen. We get 5-12 million tourists every year (it fluctuates drastically).

[@bruced2346]

Boycott Maui until they change the rules.

[@essieessie5399]

Maui & Kauai are NOT SAFE

[@jaygoodsdelivery3902]

maybe you shouldnt smoke meth.

[@lchaney]

​@@The.Hawaiian.KingdomLol saying it'll never happen. Tourism IS way down and it's not coming back. Mainlanders have heard the message loud and clear: tourists are not wanted here and tourists are not safe here.

[@mr808steelers]

Wait... Wait... Wait... Sexual crimes, abuse of household member, 8 year prison term and 5 years second time? Bahrah! Why he even got one low bail? And no blame the drugs. Its him!

[@HeartAwakeningLove]

Drugs invite evil and dark demonic energies to take over the person’s physical vessel.

[@nadogrl]

Democrats.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

@@nadogrl Democrats and their sick policies of coddling violent criminals are responsible for events like this.

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

@@nadogrlI’m a Conservative and your claim is ridiculous. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Starfish2145]

For carjacking it should be $100,000 bail!

[@jmatt98]

Still that is not much. He would have to come up with 10k

[@sbsk2526]

@@jmatt98his ex helped him (girl he’s an ex for a reason) 🤦‍♀️

[@KO-im6sm]

Why? He shouldnt get bailed out period

[@OscarGarcia-l1q]

These are serious criminals, I was in Maui after the fires delivering some contributions and a gang of criminals placed spikes on the highway and started following me for a long stretch of the dirt road, I made a mistake by not reporting the incident

[@bobjacksob]

This guy is a grown adult and the prosecutor says if she knew the dad didn't want a shorter stay, she would have pushed for a stiffer penalty. FIRE THIS CLOWN PROSECUTOR. SHE MAKES YOUR COMMUNITY DANGEROUS.

[@MaliaMichelleMescudi]

What are you talking about. Megan Kau is NOT the prosecutor. She’s not even A prosecutor. And even if she was A prosecutor, it would be for Honolulu County, the one she ran for, not Maui County…

[@procrastnwriter]

Why aren't we talking about the individuals who HELPED him? On the motorcycles and with a drone?

[@8Bitretro]

Our weak criminal justice and judges have ZERO interest in public safety. Zero bail for all crime.

[@skerhnekia5762]

Keep him in jail thats where he belongs.

[@TeresaLipot]

PRISON.

[@johnsotelo3125]

Deputy prosecutor is a joke.

[@bobjacksob]

What a POS mentality from the prosecutor.

[@RollingThunder808]

It's hard to help someone who won't even help himself.

[@Hunterbidenscrackrock]

It is IMPOSSIBLE to help someone who won’t help themself.

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

Psychopaths are incurable.

[@atatterson6992]

Kidnapping and Terror threats... $5500 vs. Robbery... $750,000 ($75,000) ??WTF???

[@Big_Island_Boi]

Well... he was out on bail when he allegedly committed the other crimes... so that's certainly an enhancement.

[@Sammasambuddha]

This is the same dude that ran me and my wife off the road a few years ago. He first flipped us off as we got squeezed by the narrow road and he turned right into us causing us to go off the side into a ditch. Man i was in fighting mode. Got out, he was 50ft away getting out. Im 6'4" 200lbs. He looked at me and took off. Our rental was mangled but driveable and got back to the hotel fine. I never forget a face. Still can't believe it's this guy! Btw. The cop that came to take our report said " locals dont really like tourists". I said, "then they're stupid and theyll die that way." We never heard back from him.

[@flightographist]

call the DA office.

[@essieessie5399]

WoW, The criminals and law enforcement are likely friends or family. The low bail set and lack of jailing this moron proves that.

[@joethornton3852]

what's up with the tons of bows and arrows and dead bear splayed out on display behind the dad?

[@baloog8]

Crazy story man thx for share.

[@baloog8]

Namaste

[@stephaniejames4940]

So were the other folks helping to chase him just as crazy? What happened to them? The couple said there were at least 3 people.

[@landocalrissian3738]

@stephaniejames4940 No, at least three cars. Who knows how many people where involved!

[@stephenmiriaja4322]

possibly not reality.

[@essieessie5399]

Law Enforcement is known for doing nothing on Maui

[@kalea808AB]

How utterly sad for the parents to ask that a higher bail to be given. They must've exhausted every means to help their son. I truly think that should a Judge release or go easy on a habitual criminal and a far more heinous crime happens, the famlies should hold them accountable. We rely on our Judicial system to be prudent in their decision and they failed. Hawaii's revolving door system needs to be revamped.

[@LouisCasas]

It is tragic how his ex posted the bail. She took food out of her kids mouths just to help that lowlife.

[@brittajacobson2523]

Well said. To a certain point our system needs to be liberal. But here we have a seriously bad record…. And the guy makes bail .

[@scottyoung1489]

Violence towards animals often shifts to violence towards humans, I’ve seen the expanded circle of violence over and over again.

[@maxmotors9497]

Man you know you’re a problem when pops comes out to make a public statement disavowing your behavior and saying you should be in jail.

[@Sora_Digital]

Hope Maui wakes up this election season and stops voting Blue! They don’t have your best interest in mind!

[@tigarxox]

Charge the Judge! For obstruction of Justice!

[@Mr2blue2]

Aiding and abetting a crime.

[@joethornton3852]

what's up with the tons of bows and arrows and dead bear splayed out on display behind the dad?

[@kaycee310toysandcollectibl9]

lol 😂 he’s kraven the hunter and his son maybe rebelled against animal cruelty 😢. What’s up with his son holding that fish 🐟 he looked like a good kid at one point.

[@nevadastrong702]

Soft on crime policies.

[@jasonhas7456]

Needs to be under the jail

[@sunnyhendry7144]

My question is , who set the bail amounts for crimes in maui ? How does this happen? Who has that much power ? Liberals, democrats, blm and the ACLU. We need common sense in the justice system again. Thriw out the keft and vring in the right this november. Its our only hope folks .Vote in Nov. Save our country. Rj willis

[@PeaceFan1]

That "person" MUST be Thrown in Jail for YEARS or he WILL DO THIS AGAIN!!!!! WTF!!!

[@angelasofia7726]

He can not be freed, he is very dangerous...

[@mikeuptegrove]

Put him and the judge that let him out in jail!!

[@LizMagnuson]

What should be said is sorry to the couple who ran scared for their lives 3:19

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Well @2:44 they say _“he’s skeptical that his son was involved in the car jacking and he wants to make sure he gets a fair trial”_ … so I don’t know that he would apologize for something he’s skeptical of his son even doing. Odd since he understands his son has a drug problem and thinks his son needs to be in jail, but it can be hard to see your children clearly sometimes. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@LizMagnuson]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom ok! Good job

[@alexlucero6155]

Mr. Troy Helmer. I am the father of one of your sick drug addict son's victims. Instead of whining and crying on television and blaming your son's heinous crimes on the Justice Department, how about a sincere apology to your drug addled son's victims and families. I believe first and foremost that is the least you should have done. How about prayers for the victims?

[@IanMcSlater]

Come on know, your doing same thing, blaming someone who didn't commit a crime nor is responsible for punishment. This man owes you nor anyone else a damn thing. That lowlife is a grown adult who's taking advantage of our broken judicial system just like a million other criminals. Welcome to the world of us victims who suffer cuz the laws do little to nothing

[@JeffShacter]

Reason or Treason. Choose One. There is NO "Us or Them" in We the People GOP = Government Of Putin @@Wi2Low

[@ladyyong1]

The fricken drugs ruins everyone's lives.

[@ferdinand59]

Everyone has a choice, to do the drug or to do the crime. I know people who use drugs that don’t commit crime. Comes down to the individual. We need to hold people accountable and stop making excuses for everything.

[@LizMagnuson]

It's like saying sugar ruins every diabetes lives, alcohol ruin lives ! Really!!!

[@LizMagnuson]

The drugs, the sugar, the caffeine ,the world. It's not the drugs, stop blaming everything !

[@robyee3325]

Government knows this. That’s why they destabilize whole regions of the world with drugs. Ex. Chinese opium war… Ronald Reagan flooding inner cities with crack in the 80s…

[@vincentdow5899]

The father posing in front of a bear's skin, and all his compound bows, is weird.

[@l.luanaholi2470]

I can empathize with this man. I’m going through almost the same thing with my son. I wish there was more to the detox programs like a mental health component. My son is now hearing voices.😢 💔 It breaks your heart as a parent knowing that you did your best raising them to be good people. How do we get them back to the person that they used to be…minus the drugs?

[@PuaOlena-fj9oc]

My son was an azzhole for 10 years. He has turned around completely. Best father and son one could ever have for the last 2 years. Hang in there. If your son has schizophrenia he needs to be diagnosed and on medication. I know a few really good people that have schizophrenia. It happens as they get older. Try educate yourself about it.

[@LizMagnuson]

What should be said is sorry to the couple who ran scared for their lives 3:19

[@vagabondroller]

In the 90’s I threw a packet of taco sauce at a car that cut me off when I was 18. It didn’t explode, just bounced off harmlessly. My bail was $50,000 in Palo Alto, CA and it kept me out of the Marines after being accepted and given a ship out date.

[@g.i.520]

😮

[@ronaldluning4010]

What about his accomplices?!

[@sconnorshandle]

Judges seem to be regularly doing the ole ‘Catch & Release’! Not ok!!

[@pipetluvsjaws]

My heart goes out to his father and his family. But the reality is this guy and the people that were helping him look for those victims whose car he hijacked with a gun, they weren't looking for them to apologize or return their car and belongings they were looking for them so there wouldn't be any witnesses, they were going to kill them. It couldn't get more serious. This psychopath and whoever was involved in this, the Van, I think it had taxi written on it, and the other car that the witnesses described looking for them, we're going to commit murder and if anybody thinks that's not true they're delusional.

[@spj6123]

No bail for crimes such as these. Look at the statistics. So do the math.

[@Quin.Bioinformatics]

bail is a scam. How is it safe to let a constantly violent person out just because they can come up with an amount of money? Shameful that the state will compromise public safety for any price.

[@jonathanbrown1120]

wonder how many tourists him and the other people he was with have murdered, the couple he carjacked said there were 3 cars searching for them and they even had a drone with a spotlight. he also counted down before he started shooting at them and said he was going to find out where they live and hunt them down…

[@billmoran3219]

At least the father isn’t saying he’s a good kid and would hurt anyone. It’s hard for a parent to accept and admit the child is a threat, glad he called out the DA , but the DA shouldn’t need to hear it from the parents that their son is dangerous, DA has plenty of evidence of a violent history !

[@ayanami808]

Must suck to have to always worry about wether or not your son is gonna do crazy shet all the time.

[@DamplyDoo]

@1:32 lol at the majestic, digital background. I wonder where she really is reporting from? 🤔

[@marvinacklin792]

The dude is a criminal

[@BSHK808]

So you need a parent to tell you how to do your job? You mean you think all that he did is worth a lower bail? @2:16

[@Poptart49]

He’s skeptical his son was involved in the carjacking? What??? I feel for this father, but your son is a dangerous individual that should be permanently locked up.

[@itgoestoeleven]

Too much excuse-making and failure to take parental responsibility.

[@DonJ.1989]

The couple was hunted for hours and he even called for back-up and two other vehicles with two other people showed up with flashlights and a drone to hunt for the couple who hid through the night as they slowly made their way up across the mountain.

[@Dwn2Race]

Democrat Utopia…

[@Blakelikesfood]

Because Democrats, you guys voted this way!

[@andrewfisher8749]

Liberals 😂

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

Low bail = Democrat DAs/ Prosecutors.

[@Blakelikesfood]

Coming to a Democrat city near you!

[@Terrapin68]

We’re not here to make excuses for our son …BUT…if the courts would have blah blah blah…this all could have been avoided. What a joke!!

[@dancollins6171]

I feel bad for Troy, left with nothing to do but pray for his son. What a disappointment this punk kid has been, with a string of violent crimes since he was a teenager. He’s notorious for picking fights with random strangers. Now he gets to go back to prison where he can pick fights all day. His favorite pastime.

[@straightchad8059]

Blue Democrap state ....

[@canufi6my]

He has friends on the police department!

[@freedom4all325]

fire arms are illegal in Hawaii. How judge and prosecutors released him with bail? Knowing he had a weapon in his car. Mind blowing 🤯

[@victorvarela1480]

Been to Maui twice! Now I'm rethinking about a third trip! Because his accomplices are out there!

[@richardnassano623]

He should have been in prison, so now he’s not guilty?

[@dng6121]

keep voting dempcrat

[@osimeon00]

Wow, I would have never guessed he was biracial. He looks fully Samoan or some kind of Polynesian.

[@oogabooga6346]

Where are the other people from the other two cars?

[@beatpirate8]

he may even hurt his parents . drugs change people to monsters

[@robyee3325]

He’s doing drugs because his parents failed him, by society’s standards.

[@alanlewisIslandchemical]

Democrat Hawaiians😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@grumpyoldlady_rants]

Oh, bullsh*t. As if red states don’t have crime. 36 states have higher violent crime rates than Hawaii. Four of the top five states for the most violent crime are red states.

[@seymoursmix4810]

i think Dad has some issues proving his manhood -- check out wall behind him -- wicked stuff -- bow hunter. maybe he should have concentrated on showing his son how to be a man.

[@jasminetea4729]

Maui police and its court system aren't doing enough to keep its citizens and visitors safe! Auwe, shameful, that people are getting terrorized by repeat criminals because they are not getting stiff enough penalties!

[@bigospig]

Blame everyone except the criminal.

[@carefulconsumer8682]

Why doesn't this reporter interview the judge who released him?

[@Bjbj69]

He would’ve just done it after, here’s the thing we only know that he did it this time because he got caught how many hundreds of times has he not been caught? That’s what you need to think about.

[@metal_slug7729]

Keep Voting Blue.

[@kawikadavid8958]

Lets face it your son did it and you have to admit the facts.

[@Malama_Ki]

Yet everyone keeps voting blue….

[@Jackietreehorn-z5e]

Sexual crimes. Lock him up forever.

[@BruceDub]

Bad parenting. Don't make excuses.

[@robyee3325]

As he sits in front of his splayed bear skin and collection of bows lol

[@jenscheibner792]

Not always...

[@coastalhillbilly3419]

Hawaiians who want to relocate are welcomed in every state but only want you to spend your money and leave asap

[@cpangws]

What happen to the three-strikes law that elevated to a Class C felony which automatically a five-year sentence?

[@AllenMichael-pl6ps]

Keystone kopps and jokers for judge's.

[@taosholly]

I am very sorry for this fathers pain. His heart is broken. I am in a similar situation with a son, currently in jail, who has serious mental illness and drug/alcohol addiction. I have done everything I can to try to get my son help for 12 years now. The 'justice' system is broken. Jail time alone is not the answer for most offenders.

[@gregorypeterson9]

❤❤❤💔

[@crosscolin]

As it was put to me by a family friend who is an attorney in Honolulu, "Hawaii doesn't have a justice system... only a legal system." Semantics aside, my heart goes out to you as a fellow father, albeit of a MUCH younger boy. Hawaii is home, but stories like yours are a big part of the reason I left Hawaii and the US to raise my family.

[@jaybleu6169]

@@crosscolin That's not just Hawaii, it's the United States, in general. The only goal of our justice system is punishment. No rehabilitation. Then when you get out, your criminal record follows you for the rest of your life and makes it next to impossible to find a job, which just compounds all the problems that drove people to crime in the first place. Add to that very limited and ineffective social services. I'm not surprised our recidivism rate is as high as it is.

[@trisherickson9357]

😢❤🙏🏻

[@wishteria234]

@@jaybleu6169 Jail is like a hotel these days, good food, recreation, internet, maybe more like El Salvador, they do not want to go back.

[@robertshannon4547]

Send his parents to jail with him!

[@starkeyfarmstead]

01:42 don’t make excuses

[@durango24k]

His father seems like a decent guy, but he's skeptical about the carjacking? Really? That seems pretty likely to me, 100% likely.

[@UniqueStranger]

Weak criminal justice system.... democrats!

[@jimshoe402]

Your Job and u Blew it POPs and I bet ur a DEM too !!!

[@jeffreyk8875]

Maui has a culture of criminality, especially towards tourists. State Rep. Elle Cochran is a convicted felon.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Well so is Trump, but it still looks like he’s going to win the election 🤷🏽‍♀️.

[@jeffreyk8875]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Cochran held up tourists at gunpoint. Trump isn't a violent felon.

[@jeffreyk8875]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom She used a gun. There's a difference.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@jeffreyk8875 The only things that are different is she’s paid her debt to society, Trump hasn’t yet and her crimes were decades ago when she was young, since then she hasn’t committed any crimes and has been a model citizen, a display of the system working as it’s intended… Trump however is old and his crimes are recent, proving he hasn’t learned from his mistakes and is still criminal minded. But none of that matters in so far as their ability to hold positions in office, because there’s no laws against convicts being in office, in fact you could currently be IN prison and still run for and be in office… which we may experience with Trump, he may be running the country from Prison.

[@jeffreyk8875]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom I beg to differ. Financial crimes are one thing, those involving violence are something else.

[@binnny1533]

Brahhh. So sad how he keeps on disappointing his father. Not even lickens would help.

[@davidshane9139]

This dude was on a roll. This case is nothing compared to what he had gotten away with for the last month prior to this. He is lucky he got locked up.

[@Invisableme39]

Look at the father with all his weapons behind him. Kinda creepy, daddy.

[@nadogrl]

He’s not the criminal, cupcake.

[@Invisableme39]

@@nadogrl well, he sure raised a criminal. Wonder where the thug influence came from?…His Daddy.

[@beatpirate8]

is there drug rehab to force him in in jail?

[@heyrobin]

I couldn't help but notice the arsenal of weaponry behind this man on the wall.

[@terryowen6759]

Wow, he was such a handsome young man, so terrifying what drugs do to people and their families

[@kevinbarry3548]

What does his appearance have to do with anything? Foolish comment.

[@sunnyhendry7144]

DAD says " Im skeptical of the charges." " Your still my little boy" ? Wake up dad.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Well, I hope he gets his son back some day. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@deannasilva893]

Bitten by the Drug bug? 😂

[@techshabby0001]

👹👹👹

[@mr808steelers]

Ikr? Blaming the drug... your son cannot handle. Lmao

[@ayanami808]

Mfer got hella bows.