KAILUA-KONA A Kona judge recently reduced bail by 90% for the last of seven people charged in connection with aiding cop killer Justin Waiki in July 2018.
KAILUA-KONA — A Kona judge recently reduced bail by 90% for the last of seven people charged in connection with aiding cop killer Justin Waiki in July 2018.
Jamie Jason is now being held on $100,000 bail following an Oct. 11 hearing before Kona Circuit Judge Robert D.S. Kim. Her bail was set at $1 million since she and six others were indicted on various charges by a Big Island grand jury last August.
Jason faces two counts of first-degree hindering prosecution, first-degree attempted murder and two firearms offenses, ownership or possession prohibited fugitive for alleged role in aiding Waiki in the days after he fatally shot Hawaii Police Department Officer Bronson Kaliloa last summer.
It was the second attempt by her former court-appointed attorney, Jeffrey Hawk, to secure supervised released or reduced bail for Jason. Prosecutors opposed the motion.
In November 2018, Kim entertained reducing bail to $100,000, but held off on entering an order until receiving an updated bail study. During a continued hearing Nov. 26, the judge maintained bail at $1 million.
Jason was among four people in a silver Toyota 4-Runner with Waiki when police tracked the man down three days after he fatally shot Kaliloa during a traffic stop on Highway 11 in Puna. Waiki was killed in an exchange of bullets on South Point Road, during which another officer suffered nonfatal gunshot wounds.
If Jason posts bail, she will be required to undergo electronic monitoring, according to Kim’s Oct. 11 order reducing bail.
