Four victims come forward after Kihei man arrested
Four victims have reported being sexually abused by a 23year-old Kihei man, following his arrest two weeks ago for allegedly soliciting sex online from someone posing as a 13year-old girl, police said.
Abiola Oluwatimilehin, who is also known as David Abiola, was among seven men charged with first-degree electronic enticement of a child after arrests March 12 to 14 as part of “Operation Keiki Shield 7.”
Police worked with state and federal law enforcement officials to carry out the operation targeting online sexual predators.
As a result of news reports about the arrests, “four victims have come forward to report Oluwatimilehin sexually abused them in the past,” police said in a news release Thursday.
Three victims reported they were sexually assaulted by Oluwatimilehin in 2015, 2016 and 2018, police said. A fourth victim reported that Oluwatimilehin attempted to sexually assault her last year.
Police encouraged anyone who may have been a victim of sexual assault to call police at 244-6400.
During a hearing Wednesday, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo kept bail at $150,000 for Oluwatimilehin, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree electronic enticement of a child.
At the time of his arrest, Oluwatimilehin posted a $21,000 bail bond to be released was among seven men charged with first-degree electronic enticement of a child after arrests March 12 to 14 as part of “Operation Keiki Shield 7.”
on charges of seconddegree sexual assault and thirddegree sexual assault in another case, said Deputy Prosecutor J.W. Hupp.
Oluwatimilehin’s bail was surrendered in the case, said Deputy Public Defender Danielle Sears, who asked for his bail to be reduced to $100,000.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges alleging he sexually assaulted a woman while she was sleeping at her residence in February 2018. The woman was a roommate of a someone Oluwatimilehin had met on an online dating app, according to court records.
Oluwatimilehin appeared by videoconference from the Maui Community Correctional Center for the hearing Wednesday.