Harry “Harry Boy” Kauhi, who pleaded guilty more than three years ago to being part of Mike Miske’s racketeering organization and taking part with several others in the 2016 armed robbery of Nick Carignan, was sentenced on Tuesday to 106 months in federal prison on each count. The sentences will run concurrently, and he will have to serve three years on supervised release after completing the prison sentence.

Judge Derrick Watson made no recommenation as to where Kauhi should serve his sentence.

The sentence represents a 1-level reduction from the applicable federal sentencing guidelines for taking responsibility for his crimes.

Kauhi, who pleaded guilty in January 2022, was the third of Miske’s 12 co-defendants to plead out and cooperate with prosecutors. All the other co-defendants eventually cut pleaded guilty prior to the start of Miske’s trial in January 2024.

Kauhi, 45, started selling drugs while in elementary school in Waimanalo, and ultimately sold over 100 pounds of cocaine, crack, and meth, according to his testimony during Miske’s trial.

He was convicted and served a seven year sentence for firing a handgun at another group during a late-night clash at Sandy Beach in 1999.

In about 2015, he was recruited into the Miske organization by Wayne Miller, who at the time was Miske’s top lieutenant.

Kauhi admitted he took part in several murder-for-hire plots, and had accepted thousands of dollars from Miske via Miller in 2016 to kill a Waimanalo man suspected of providing information about Miske to law enforcement.

During Miske’s trial, Kauhi testified he accepted an $8,000 down payment, but took no further action.

“I kept pushing it off and telling them when I was ready I would do it,” Kauhi said, but said he actually had no intention to carry out the hit.

Kauhi said he later found out that before he was arrested in July 2020, Miske had “put a hit on me on the streets,” apparently fearing Kauhi might cooperate with authorities.

Kauhi, 45, testified he was not associated directly with Miske, but was involved through his longtime friendship with Wayne Miller, and his ties to Jacob “Jake” Smith.

Kauhi was one of several Miske associates who landed jobs in the movie industry through Miske’s contacts. Kauhi testified he got a job in the Teamster’s movie unit in 2015 through Miske’s friend, Sudee Dahl.

“Mike Butenbah told me the reason why Mike Miske got me into the movies is to keep us close and use us when he needed us,” Kauhi testified.

Only three of Miske’s co-defendants are still awaiting sentencing: Lance Bermudez, Norman Akau, and Delia Fabro Miske.

See:
Kauhi’s Guilty Plea Strengthens The Conspiracy Case Against Mike Miske, Civil Beat, January 6, 2022