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Fatal blow similar to teen crime
By Gene Park
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Prosecutors plan to use an accused killer's previous assault conviction as a juvenile as evidence of his "reckless state of mind."

Less Allen Schnabel Jr., 22, has been charged with manslaughter for fatally punching 34-year-old Christopher Reuther one year ago today, but as a teenager he was convicted of a similar crime that nearly killed another man.

Reuther was visiting Honolulu to consider attending law school at the University of Hawaii. On April 22 last year, Reuther was at Zablan Beach Park taking photographs when Schnabel allegedly false-cracked him, causing bleeding at the base of his brain.

When he was 17, Schnabel was convicted of first-degree assault in a similar incident at Nanakuli Beach Park after catching another man off guard with a punch, according to court documents.

On Sept. 1, 2002, the victim and Schnabel were at a birthday party with about 50 other people. A fight was about to begin, and the victim decided to leave before trouble started.

The victim went around shaking hands with various people "to be cool with everyone," including Schnabel, court documents state. When he shook Schnabel's hand, he was punched in the left side of his face, fell down and was kicked in the face by Schnabel several times.

The victim suffered a fractured orbital socket and backward displacement of his left eye. Medical officials said at the time that the victim nearly died and almost suffered a subdural hematoma, a traumatic brain injury.

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Posted on: Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Child rape suspect appears in court

By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer


Shane Ngirmidol, left, appeared in District Court today with public defender Okechukwu Amadi. Ngirmidol, 31, who is accused of raping a 4-year-old girl who was playing in the backyard of her Kalihi home on Monday night, pleaded not guilty to first- and third-degree sexual assault and burglary in the second degree this morning.


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The lawyer for a man accused of raping a 4-year-old girl in her Kalihi backyard Monday night said his client is pleading not guilty to first- and third-degree sexual assault and burglary in the second degree this morning.

Shane Ngirmidol, 31, who has no permanent local address, was barefoot when he appeared in District Court, wearing black athletic shorts and a sleeveless, silver-and-blue, V-neck athletic shirt. He was shackled at the ankles and wrists when he was escorted into the courtroom.
Ngirmidol had bail set at $50,000 for the more serious charges and $500 for an unrelated case that was not disclosed in court.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. The burglary charge stems from the accusation that Ngirmidol unlawfully entered a storage shed where the girl allegedly was sexually assaulted.

According to police, the girl was playing in the fenced-in backyard of her Kalihi home on Palama Street around 7 p.m. when she was attacked by a man who climbed over a chain-link fence and lured her into a darkened tool shed on the property.

The girl was being treated at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children the next day when her mother told sex crime investigators that her daughter was sexually assaulted by a stranger who had dark skin, curly hair and smelled.

The girl told investigators that she was alone with the man in the tool shed and that he had given her $1, according to a police affidavit filed in court.

A police graphic artist made two composite sketches of the suspect and a convenience store owner told police Tuesday that a man matching the description had just left his store, which is located on the same Palama Street property, according to the affidavit.

Just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, officers stopped Ngirmidol alongside Tamashiro's Market at Palama and North King streets and asked him to stand in a field lineup, according to the affidavit.

Ngirmidol was arrested after he was identified by another girl who said she saw him on Palama Street around the time of the attack, according to the affidavit.





Posted on: Thursday, May 17, 2007
Charges dropped, but no jail release





But Ngirmidol remained in custody at O'ahu Community Correctional Center, unable to post bail of $500, on five charges of assault and criminal property damage, according to Louise Kim McCoy, Department of Public Safety spokeswoman.

The charges relate to a 2003 case, according to Jim Fulton, executive assistant with the city prosecutor's office.

Ngirmidol is accused of misdemeanor third-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal property damage. He is charged with throwing an object at someone's head and damaging a car and a wooden gate the morning of July 4, 2003, Fulton said.

He was later charged with contempt of court for not showing up for his case