32 year-old Micaiah Smith of Kailua-Kona was recently sentenced to ten years in prison for offenses arising out of Operation Keiki Shield.
The Court sentenced Smith to a ten-year prison term for the electronic enticement offense and a five-year prison term for the pornography offense.
The Court ordered that the sentences be served concurrently. Smith, who had remained out of custody on $15,000.00 bail for the duration of the proceedings, was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence.
During the trial, Prosecutors presented evidence that Smith exchanged text messages and sent pictures of his genitals to an undercover police officer, whom Smith believed to be a 15 year-old girl.
Operation Keiki Shield is a state-federal-local collaborative initiative focused on identifying and arresting offenders who commit internet-facilitated sex crimes against minors and rescuing victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The case was prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Annaliese Wolf and Matthew Woodward.
Photo credit: Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney
