A Kona couple is facing serious drug charges after police conducted a narcotics search at their Lapa Nui Street home, located troublingly close to Kealakehe Intermediate School, Hawaii News Now reported. David Jossy, 37, and Amy Fattorosi, 36, were arrested and later released under supervised conditions pending their court appearance next month.
The Hawaii Police Department's investigation led to the discovery of around 61 grams of cocaine and 459 grams of marijuana during the Tuesday bust, and despite prosecutors' pushback, the couple was granted release by a judge, their fate to be revisited in court on December 12. The charges they face, as KITV details, include promoting a dangerous drug, attempted distribution of cocaine, and additionally tainting the sanctity of safety by committing these alleged acts within arm's length of vulnerable schoolchildren.
Specifically, the allegations against Jossy and Fattorosi include class A felonies, which carry the possibility of an unnerving 20 years behind bars, a stark contrast to their currently monitored freedom, or an alternative sentence of 10 years probation paired with a stint of up to two years in jail. Both individuals faced the court the following Wednesday after their arrest, and despite objections from prosecutors who seemingly preferred to see the couple detained, the decision for supervised release stood.
