In the three years since the accident that changed her life, Lisa Wilson has never faced the man she holds responsible for her injuries or had the opportunity to testify against him. That could soon change.
“I was there every time he was in court,” Wilson said in an interview with The Garden Island on Wednesday, [...]

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Despite her previously crushed lungs, Lisa Wilson breathed easier yesterday as the man accused of running her over while high on heroin was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
But his sentencing had less to do with Wilson’s injuries and more to do with the events surrounding the June 2005 day when she was torn from [...]

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Sentencing for Byron Say was delayed by roughly two months yesterday, after he changed his mind about whether he wanted probation officers to officially investigate his criminal history.
Say asked for a pre-sentence investigation in court yesterday morning, despite having originally waived his right to one when he pleaded guilty to first-degree promotion of a dangerous [...]

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Facing as many as 50 years in prison, Byron Say pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The charge of first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug stems from a March 21, 2006, traffic stop of a car driven by Aquila Say, Byron’s sister-in-law, in Kapa‘a, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney [...]

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The man who is not facing charges for allegedly running over a woman without stopping shares the name — and blood — of one of the state’s top legislators.
But the high-ranking official, House Speaker Calvin Say, D-Palolo, maintains that he lacks political pull on Kaua‘i, stressing that he hasn’t spoken to his cousin, Byron Say, [...]

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The search for Byron Say has been escalated after the North Shore resident led police on a high-speed chase and then escaped on foot Tuesday night in Hanalei.
According to county spokeswoman Mary Daubert, Say, “already wanted for numerous offenses,” was spotted on a moped at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night by police officers on Weke Road [...]

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