Former Maui Corrections Officer Convicted, Sentencing Set

August 30, 2017, 12:10 PM HST
* Updated August 30, 12:13 PM

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James Siugpiyemal (Nov. 2016). Courtesy image.

A former Maui Community Correctional Center state corrections officer was found guilty of second degree sex assault and two counts of third degree sex assault against a female inmate following a jury trial in July.

On Tuesday, the court ordered that sentencing for James Siugpiyemal take place on Oct. 3, 2017 at 8:30 a.m.

Siugpiyemal was accused of forcing the female to engage in sex during an incident in 2014.

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He was arrested in 2016 after fleeing to the Island of Yap and was extradited back to the US.

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