Co-defendant says he was offered $15K to kill victim

WONG

KAYCEE SMITH

JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald Patricia Wong listens at the defense table as her defense attorney, Aaron Wills, cross examines co-defendant Peter Fuerte Monday in Hilo Circuit Court.

Peter Fuerte, a co-defendant of Patricia Wong who testified against her as part of a plea deal with the state, answers a question from Deputy Prosecutor Annaliese Wolf on Monday in Hilo Circuit Court. (JOHN BURNETT/Tribune-Herald)

A man who has known Patricia Hanoa Wong since childhood testified Monday in Hilo Circuit Court that she offered him money “to take Buggy out.”