The federal probation office has petitioned the federal court to revoke the pretrial release of Preston Kimoto, who was sales manager for Kamaaina Termite and Oahu Termite.

According to a notice posted on the federal court’s website, Kimoto was arrested while free on pretrial release. The petition for action does not provide any additional information on the arrest, or whether it involved state or federal criminal charges.

The matter will be considered by Magistrate Judge Kenneth Mansfield at 11:15 on Wednesday morning.

In addition to being a manager at Kamaaina Termite, state records show Kimoto held a car salesman’s license with Hawaii Partners, a Miske-owned company that was a licensed used car dealer. He frequently accompanied Miske to a Honolulu used car auction, another dealer reported.

As previously reported here:

Kimoto is named in three separate charges included in the 22-count federal indictment of Miske and his co-defendants. He is charged with being a willing participating in Miske’s alleged racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies, and faces a 10-year minimum sentence if convicted on the drug conspiracy charge.

Aocording to prosecutors, “during drug transactions he conducted just outside of Kama’aina Termite & Pest Control (KTPC), the headquarters of the Miske Enterprise, Kimoto promised the backing of Miske and the Enterprise to ’tax‘ or collect unpaid drug debts as an incentive for the customer to do drug business with him.”

“Kimoto’s conversations were recorded and he was under law enforcement surveillance when he conducted multiple drug transactions at KTPC,” according to previously filed court documemnts.

In addition, prosecutors allege Kimoto was a key participant in the kidnapping of a 72-year old accountant in October 2017. Prosecutors say two other men kidnapped and beat the accountant while demanding money, and later drove to Miske’s Kamaaina Termite office in Kakaako, where they conferred with Kimoto before releasing the accountant. Kimoto was apparently under electronic surveillance at the time.

According to one FBI report, the kidnapping was requested by a Honolulu businessman who was in a financial dispute with the accountant who was the kidnapping target. The businessman was willing to pay for the kidnapping.

The unverified report said Kimoto was a friend of the businessman’s daughter, and brought the kidnapping request to Miske, who allegedly turned it over to two others, including one of his primary lieutenants.

Miske and Kimoto are charged with “Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping Using a Facility of Interstate Commerce” for their roles in the alleged crime.

Both of the men who actually carried out the kidnapping have pleaded guilty and are cooperating with prosecutors. They are expected to testify against Kimoto and Miske when the case comes to trial.

Kimoto, 44, has been free on pretrial release since July 24, 2020, just a week after he was arrested along with Miske and nine other co-defendants.