3 arrested for allegedly running prostitution business in Pawaa
COURTESY CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU
Rickey Lee Shankles, left, Katherine Luo, and Katchina Moore were indicted on a charge of illegal ownership of a business on Wednesday.
Three people were indicted and arrested Wednesday in connection with a prostitution business in the Pawaa area, a prosecutor’s office spokesman said.
Police arrested the three at about 1:30 p.m. in the area of Gogo Spa, 1507 S. King St.
Arrested are: Katchina Moore, 41, of Kaimuki; Rickey Lee Shankles, 52, whose address is the same as Gogo Spa; and Katherine Luo, 54, of Pawaa.
All three were indicted on a charge of illegal ownership of a business. Their bails were set between $10,000 and $50,000.
A prosecutor’s office spokesman said in a statement that the three were indicted in connection with operating a business used for prostitution.
The prosecutor’s office will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. today with police and U.S. Homeland Security to discuss the case.
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Haha — flourishing in the shadow of the old HPD headquarters (Sears store ‘fo dat).
And I’m delighted to see someone not only realizes this neighborhood is known as Pawaa, but also nailed it because this address is in the very heart of Pawaa.
scary area. I am surprised that anyone is surprised about this, though. The city is teeming with hidden prostitutes. I see them every night coming back from Kukio. Some are part-time, some permanent, some doing it first- time, some house wives, a growing number of male teens, etc.
How do you know all this Allie? I am kind of wondering, the only way you know all this is……..
LOL!
I work in a Pizza Restaurant. hon. But I ride the bus a lot and everything is therein disclosed!Ask HPD and they will tell you I am right.
Who is the victim in the case? The john walks away happy. The woman walks away content. Who is the victim??!
anyone who receives tax revenue …..state of hawaii….us government
I think you mean it the other way around PinkSushi – john walks away content, and the woman walks away happy.
lol
US Homeland Security? Really????
They need to find things to do to justify their huge budget.
hugs her palani at the tip of laie point
Probably immigrants from Asia on tourist visas doing the “labor”.
Wonder if the new sex trafficking law has anything to do with this?
Shrews arrest peddlers of screws!
Did they offer a Kamaaina discount?
They forgot to arrest the $14 billion dollar choo-choo prostitution ring leader. That pimp already sold every Oahu resident into tax slavery. If you even dare to complain about your upcoming sky high property taxes in the future to support his rail, he’ll send out the HPD to beat you down and you’ll likely end up working the streets just to pay your pimp back for all the good deeds he’s done for you.
This John operates his business at:
530 South King Street, Room 300
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
https://www.honolulu.gov/mayor
Sky high property taxes — get a clue. Hawaii has the lowest in the country by far. A typical house here about $750K pays about $2,300 a year in property taxes. In Illinois you will pay over 2.5% of its value — close to $19,000 a year! Many other states are even higher with sales taxes over 10%. Don’t even think about saying anything about sky high property taxes because you have no clue and stop wailing and whining about rail — we are going to take you screaming and dragging into the 21st century!!
true..income taxes high…property taxes low
Your property tax assesment is severely flawed due to the fact that the average home in Illinois is in the $150k range. Homes of distinction, owned by the top 5% elite are priced in the $750k+ range so the tax the average home owner pays is still by far exaggerated by your claims compared to what we pay in taxes for our million dollar $150k starter homes by Illinois standards.
Secondly, HART, the mayor and SA all admitted property taxes might need to be tapped at the very least by 19% to cover O&M expenses after the rail is completed. This estimate was before the price tag ballooned into a $10-$14 billion dollar boondoggle. True estimates are coming in at closer to 40% in property tax increases.
Here’s just one source for my claims and it’s a dated estimate: http://www.staradvertiser.com/hawaii-news/rail-operations-will-raise-taxes-9-officials-say/
Where’s your proof that they won’t raise property taxes by 40% or any amount for that matter of fact?
Mahalo dragoninwater. People don’t realize that property taxes have already risen 400% in many cases. Not because the State has raised the rate but because property valuation has risen this much in the lase 20-30 years. Retirees on fixed income understand this totally.
Actually $750k would pay $2625. What is the median home price in Illinois? While property tax there may be less in comparison, Oahu is by no means cheap unless you have this much extra money saved annually. Does your wife work? My hat is off to you if you can afford a mortgage for this $750k home and support your family without putting your wife to work. We don’t need extra taxes in the form of a luxury rail so let the people who feel the hurt rant any way they want.
The overall tax burden in Hawaii is higher in every state except New York.
Property tax is lower because we are taxed higher in just about everything else. Oahu’s 4.72% GET is equivalent to about a 12-14 sales tax. And most states don’t tax food and medicine.
Not all states collect state income tax, etc.
Hawaii residents pay more taxes than Illinois residents for sure.
Oh Dragon,
You’re going to make Kirky cry. But his wife will console him.
Your posts are hilarious! Thank you!
🙂 Glad you enjoy it.
I know this may come as a shock but not every article in the Star-Fishwrapper is about rail.
Should be. It is the mother of all scams and Hawaii’s scam of the century.
Catch and Release…
The “oldest profession in the world” and like gambling, is legal and generates big taxes for Nevada. Big business in Las Vegas.
Prostitution is legal in Nevada but illegal in they city of Las Vegas where cops crack down hard on working girls and their pimps. Police do undercover work to catch them in LV and film their stings for the world to see. Of course there is prostitution in LV but it not overt and way behind the scenes unlike the public streetwalkers and massage parlors on Oahu. Hawaii should do the same and legalize prostitution to tax and regulate the industry and place the brothels in isolated areas away from Waikiki, Chinatown, schools, etc. Also put street pimps out of business by the police coming down hard on them and help reduce underage minors forced into the sex trade. Hawaii legal brothels have to register the owners and workers to check for age, health of workers, etc.
Wonder if HPD officers needed to consummate the relationship with the girls as port of their deep, penetrating investigation??
Michael Green will get them acquitted…probably even win a settlement against the City for false arrest.
likely. Hawaii has a long 200-year-old history with tolerance for male and female prostitution. It is part of inter-cultural relations. There is a book in this for a MA or Ph.D. student at Manoa!
Surprise, surprise…
What is “illegal ownership of a business?” Is that the same as operating a business without a license?
So, where is Kathryn Xian. the anti-sex slavery candidate for 1st congressional?
No comments from her?
Must not be her cause du jour. Always thought she was sketchy.
She has other problems getting arrested as a Lyft driver who picked up passengers at the Honolulu Airport without the proper airport license.