Las Vegas Now1 of 2 Honolulu Policemen to be Arraigned
A Honolulu police officers arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of misdemeanor drug charges is to be arraigned in Las Vegas court Thursday.
Officer Shayne Souza is accused of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and obstructing a public officer.
Souza allegedly ran from a Las Vegas Parks Police officer on Aug. 15 after Souza was told to go to the front of a van in which he and two other men were found.
The 47-year-old Souza, a fellow officer, 37-year-old Kevin Fujioka, were arrested. The third man from Honolulu who is not a police officer, 38-year-old Scott Wilson, also was arrested.
Fujioka has a tentative arraignment date of Nov. 16.
Both officers have been stripped of their police powers and placed on administrative leave without pay.
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