HONOLULU (AP) — A man arrested in Hawaii wants a detention hearing in Utah, where he’s accused of sending hundreds of unwanted service providers and others to a home, including plumbers and prostitutes.
Loren Okamura was in federal court in Honolulu Wednesday for a detention hearing. Federal defender Sharron Rancourt says he wants to have that hearing in Utah, where federal prosecutors say he tormented a family with what they described as extreme cyberstalking.
Okamura was indicted last month on charges of cyberstalking, interstate threats and transporting people for prostitution.
Rancourt says Okamura has been mourning his wife, who died earlier this year.
Okamura will be detained in Honolulu until he’s taken to Utah.
Authorities won’t disclose the relationship between the victims and Okamura, but say it was not random. Rancourt declined to comment after the hearing.











