KAILUA-KONA — An 18-year-old Kona teen will serve at least 11 years in prison for the 2016 rape of a woman at Old Kona Airport Park.
Tyron Sigrah pleaded guilty in 3rd Circuit Court on charges of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree assault, kidnapping and second-degree robbery. The teen was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in September.
On Friday the Department of Public Safety released that the Hawaii Paroling Authority set Sigrah’s term limit at 11 years for first-degree sexual assault kidnapping, six years for second-degree robbery and three and half years for second-degree assault. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
The 18-year-old will be eligible for parole after 11 years.
Deputy Prosecutor Sheri Lawson said the state has always felt a concurrent sentence was appropriate because of his age.
However, “the state felt 20 years maximum sentence was an appropriate sentence,” she added.
On Friday, the victim in the assault said she was a little shocked at the term setting.
“I would’ve thought he would’ve got closer to the max,” the woman said, adding “but I’m not surprised. Other people would just think of him as a minor.”
It is not West Hawaii Today’s policy to release the names of sexual assault victims without their permission. However, the woman chose to speak to WHT on the record with the understanding the newspaper would not release her name.
The victim stated she was happy Sigrah was locked up, at least for now.
“I’m thankful for the justice,” she said.
Sigrah is one of two teens involved in the assault and rape of the woman on Sept. 3, 2016, on a soccer field at the county park, just north of the Kona Community Aquatics Center. Sigrah and Samuel Latrik were minors at the time of the incident.
Samuel Latrik pleaded guilty on Nov. 29 mid-trial after the victim took the stand and testified about the night of the assault.
He pleaded guilty as charged to five of the eight charges lodged against him by the Hawaii County Prosecutor’s Office. Charges included first-degree sexual assault, second-degree assault, kidnapping, third-degree sexual assault and third-degree attempted sexual assault.
The teen also pleaded no contest to terroristic threatening, first-degree sexual assault and robbery.
Latrik, 19, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in 3rd Circuit Court before Judge Robert D.S. Kim.
As part of Sigrah’s plea agreement with the prosecutor’s office, the prosecutor would not make statements to the paroling authority during the time of minimum term setting, however, that didn’t preclude the victim from speaking.
The woman said the prosecutor’s office scheduled her to fly out the day before the hearing, which took place on Jan. 8. However, she was unable to be there in person as her flight to Oahu was delayed due to mechanical- and weather-related issues.
“I was really looking forward to speaking at the parole board,” the woman said. “They did allow me to be telephonic.”
The victim is aware people look at these two teens and see them as minors.
“But when I look at them, I see two psychopaths,” she said. “They’re dangerous people. Other people weren’t there having to live with what they did to me.”
The victim plans to be at Latrik’s sentencing and at the minimum term setting by the Hawaii Paroling Authority when that is scheduled.
“I would’ve rather have been there in person (for Sigrah) and I look forward to speak in person for the second boy,” the woman added.
fire the prosecutor!!!!!!!! your concerned because of his age?????? Hell,he should have been executed as far as I am concerned..where is deterrent??? the innocent victim lives with this forever..dammit,the judge and prosecutor should be ashamed of themselves..you disgust me
punk gang banger wanta be should be getting 30 years judges are too lenient and prosecutors are just a bunch of wanta be lawyers
I would have given him 10 years more because of the hairdo.
Finally Crime Pay’s in Hawaii !!!
Does he get sent back to where he came from when he’s released?
he will be well loved and cared for by his peers in prison where he belongs.
No parole would be more fitting.
They will love his little hair-do in prison …will someone please start couching these Pacific islander men how be , act like and look like real men ? Nobody is guiding them and they are emulating mainland hip-hop gangster culture in that vacuum . Is that what we want to grow here in Hawaii ? Really? Think about it .
You can blame MTV and their parents for this. I’ve seen it a dozen or more times before. These kids have no respect for anyone or anything, not even themselves.
The courts should have declared that Sigrah will be immediately and permanently deported after his parole is eventually granted . That any ‘rights’ he may have been subject to under the Compact of Free Association are annulled and suspended , with no rights to appeal . For he and the other guy . Back to Kosrae , or the Marshalls , for their rest of their rotten little lives . They should never be granted U.S citizenship , or granted any form of residency here in the future . THAT is the message our courts need to be sending . Not this Hawaii liberal crap . You get what you vote for . Is anyone paying attention here anymore?