UFC Hall of Famer accused of threatening farmer with machete
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREUFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn's legal issues aren't limited to a restraining order and custody battle.
Sergeant Jason Grouns of the Hawaii Police Department on Thursday told MMA Junkie the case remains active 15 months after the alleged incident because "all parties involved have not been located contacted yet, and it cannot be routed to the prosecutors until complete." The UFC declined to comment when contacted by MMA Junkie. Penn is scheduled to face Clay Guida at UFC 237 on May 11 in Rio de Janeiro.
Speaking generally about criminal investigations in Hawaii, former prosecutor Michael Henry Garbarino called a year-plus investigation "atypical" for terroristic threatening, which has a four-year statute of limitations. He added it's common for investigations to stall when alleged victims don't participate, but he was uncertain as to why an alleged perpetrator wouldn't be questioned.
On Friday, an investigator with the Hawaii police said it's "relatively common" for inquiries to take time as witnesses are interviewed. In 2015, Penn was charged with second-degree assault after allegedly fighting his friend outside a bar in Maui. The island's prosecutor offered to drop the charges in exchange for paying the friend's medical bills; he reportedly suffered a fractured eye socket in the melee. Penn said he was acting in self defense.
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