Former mayoral hopeful receives jail time | News, Sports, Jobs
WAILUKU – Former Maui County mayoral candidate Beau Hawkes, who was seen being Tasered as he ran from a police officer in a video that went viral, was sentenced Monday to a 30-day jail term for disregarding the officer’s orders and driving away from a traffic stop last year.
“A pretty routine traffic stop was totally blown out of proportion,” 2nd Circuit Judge Richard Bissen said as he sentenced Hawkes.
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