[Note: Problems with the links when first posted have been fixed.]

There have been at least seven plea deals filed in court in which defendants connected to the organization allegedly controlled and directed by Mike Miske, formerly known as the owner of Kamaaina Termite and Pest Control, and other local businesses. In each case, the defendants admitted to certain crimes, and agreed to cooperate with law enforcement and prosecutors, and to testify against others if asked by prosecutors.

I say “at least” seven deals because only one of these are filed with the Miske case. The other cases were based on charges filed independently. I found them through various tangential searches, including looking at other cases handled by any of the Assistant US Attorneys who have been working the Miske case.

Each of the pleas is set down in a written plea agreement filed in their cases in federal court, and each is reviewed by the federal judge in a public hearing which includes questioning of the defendant. Each agreement has the same structure, which describes the charges, the potential sentences, and then the parameters of their plea deal. The plea agreements, like most court files, are public records.

But the guts of each document is in the section titled “Factual Stipulations.” This section lays out what they are admitting to, and what they agree to testify about if required, and in many cases includes details not yet available elsewhere.

Keep in mind that these allegations have not yet been tested by defense attorneys. And also remember that in addition to testimony from these defendants, there is testimony from other witnesses, along with mountains of other evidence, including hours of wire taps, surveillance of Miske’s office, business records, and other documents contained in some 500 gigabytes of data files, according to court records.

Here are links to the “Factual Stipulations” section of each of the pleas that I have identified so far, with the date the plea agreement was filed in federal court. The arrests in these cases are not necessarily in the same order, or the same time frame.

Jonah Ortiz, charged with kidnapping and drug trafficking, October 9, 2019.

Timothy Taboada, charged with drug trafficking. November 1, 2019.

Catherine Nicole Zapata, charged with drug trafficking. November 7, 20219.

Jacob “Jake” Smith, charged with racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, November 6, 2020.

Wayne Miller, charged with racketeering conspiracy, December 4, 2020.

Ashlin Akau, charged with knowingly using and assisting the use of a chemical weapon, March 18, 2021.

Hunter Wilson, charged with racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute drugs, May 6, 2021.