The Maui News LILA FUJIMOTO photos
The Maui News LILA FUJIMOTO photos
First photo: Maui/Molokai Drug Court graduates pose for a photo with judges, attorneys and police officers after the 78th graduation ceremony of the program offering intensive treatment and supervision as an alternative to incarceration. From left are Deputy Prosecutor Kenton Werk, police officer Sonnie Waiohu Jr., 2nd Circuit Drug Court Judge Kelsey Kawano, Jim Bryan Agtagma, Patricia Makekau, Adrianna Newell, Heather Sijalbo, Deputy Public Defender Mariana Lowy-Gerstmar, Gavin Soman, 2nd Circuit Judge Adrianne Heely, Joshua Arruiza, police Sgt. Jan Pontanilla, Stephen Gladden and 2nd Circuit Chief Judge Peter Cahill.
Second photo: Maui Drug Court graduate Stephen Gladden says his life before entering the Maui Drug Court was “about as bad as it can get.” He was on the run, lived in a cane field and under a bridge, lost his mother and father and was treated for cancer. “Then I got into this program. I got my whole life back,” he said during the Maui/Molokai Drug Court’s 78th graduation ceremony Thursday in the courtroom of 2nd Circuit Drug Court Judge Kelsey Kawano. “In life, it’s always rules,” said Gladden, whose probation was ended early with his graduation. “You might not agree with them, but you have to follow them.”
- The Maui News LILA FUJIMOTO photos
- The Maui News LILA FUJIMOTO photos
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