A former Kauai Police Department clerk was sentenced to 60 days in jail and four years of probation for stealing funds collected on behalf of the state between 2017 and 2019.
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Mikalynn Hiranaka pleaded guilty to first-degree theft and repaid the state $74,633 in restitution
Hiranaka worked as a clerk in the KPD records division when she committed the offenses, according to the state Office of the Attorney General
The judge also Hiranaka’s request for a deferred acceptance of a guilty plea, which would have allowed her conviction to eventually be expunged from her record
Mikalynn Hiranaka pleaded guilty to first-degree theft and repaid the state $74,633 in restitution. Hiranaka was also initially charged with first-degree computer fraud, but the charge was later dropped.