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Ruben Settle, 38, was sentenced on Monday, June 29 by Chief District Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 210 months in prison for his role in a plan to distribute methamphetamine on the Island of Maui. Evidence presented in court showed that Settle recruited other individuals to assist him in the distribution, including approximately 700 grams of “ice” that was seized from Settle by Maui police on Dec. 17, 2014.

A Maui man was charged with meth trafficking and a list of other offenses after a drug bust at a Wailuku home this week in which police recovered 290 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

Jon Hans Kaapuni, Jr., 35, of Kaunakakai, was sentenced yesterday by US District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright for his role in the drug case, which involved five or more other members.

A 33-year-old Wailuku man was found guilty by a federal jury today of possession and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine from Maui to Molokaʻi, justice officials said.

The presentations are aimed at educating the community and teens about the dangers and devastating effects of crystal methamphetamine, or “ice.”