HONOLULU (AP) — A mailbox designer says a mailbox stolen from the home of a retired Honolulu police chief was worth only about $150, not $300 as the chief and his wife claimed.
Derrick Dry says he designed the Gibraltar Industries mailbox that was in front of the couple’s home. He is testifying Tuesday in the corruption trial of former Chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine.
They’re accused of framing a relative for stealing their mailbox to silence him from revealing fraud that financed their lavish lifestyle.
Katherine Kealoha told authorities her missing mailbox was from a different manufacturer worth more than $300.
Dry says the mailbox he designed sold for about $150 in 2013, when she reported it missing.
Prosecutors say she inflated the value to make the theft a felony.