Retired officer gets probation in death of Mililani pedestrian
A 73-year-old retired Honolulu police major with more than 30 years of service was sentenced in Circuit Court this morning to five years of probation in the death of a jogger in Mililani last year.
Charles T. Duncan, retired HPD traffic investigator, pleaded no contest in July to second-degree negligent homicide. The pickup truck he was driving struck and killed Shari Afuso, 49, on Feb. 5, 2015.
In addition to probation, Duncan was ordered to perform 1,176 hours of community service and will only be allowed to drive between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In addressing Afuso’s family members who were present in the courtroom, Duncan apologized “for all the pain I have caused.
“I accept full responsibility.”
Duncan was unable to hold back his tears when he told Afuso’s husband, Mark, her parents, and brother that her death was “a burden I will carry for the rest of my life.”
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After the sentencing Duncan spent time hugging and consoling members of Afuso’s family as they filed out of the courtroom.
Afuso, the courtroom manager for U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin S.C. Chang, was struck a couple of blocks away from her Mililani home.
Police said Duncan was making a left turn off Meheula Parkway at Kuahelani Avenue when he hit Afuso, who was in a marked crosswalk. Afuso was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center, where she died the following day.
Duncan, who retired from the Honolulu Police Department in 1996, could have been sentenced to a maximum five-year prison term.