HonoluluAdvertiser.com<\/p>\n
August 26, 2008<\/p>\n
By Jim Dooley
\nAdvertiser Staff Writer<\/p>\n
The soldier convicted in a series of dorm-room invasions at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa has been linked by DNA to an unsolved Waik\u00efk\u00ef rape, according to an indictment returned this morning.<\/p>\n
Mark Heath, 21, a Schofield Barracks soldier awaiting sentencing in the UH cases, faces a new charge of raping a woman during a burglary of her Ala Wai Boulevard apartment April 7, 2007.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor’s office said the new charge was brought after a DNA sample taken from Heath following his guilty plea in the UH case in May was matched with biological evidence collected by Honolulu police in the Waik\u00efk\u00ef case.<\/p>\n
Heath is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow for a request that he be released on bail pending sentencing next month in the UH cases.<\/p>\n
But bail in the new case was set by Circuit Judge Derrick Chan at $1 million.<\/p>\n
Prosecuting Attorney Peter Carlisle said the new charge will be used tomorrow to oppose release before sentencing.<\/p>\n
In May, Heath admitted burglarizing female students’ dorm rooms and sexually assaulting one student.<\/p>\n
He told police that he entered a Hale Mokihana dorm room on Aug. 19, 2007, and used a pair of
\nscissors to cut off the underwear worn by a sleeping 18-year-old female student.<\/p>\n
The victim woke up and screamed and Heath told police he pushed the woman away and escaped through a fire escape door.<\/p>\n
He also admitted breaking into two rooms at Lokelani dormitory on Nov. 25, 2007, and stealing items while the students in the rooms slept.<\/p>\n
The crimes created “a climate of fear” on the campus, according to Deputy Prosecutor Thalia Murphy.<\/p>\n
Heath faces a maximum of 40 years in prison for the UH cases.<\/p>\n
Heath is a father of two children. He was divorced in June.<\/p>\n
Heath’s lawyer, Dean Young, could not be reached for comment on the new charge this morning.<\/p>\n
The 25th Infantry Division said today that Heath was “administratively separated” from the Army in April of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HonoluluAdvertiser.com August 26, 2008 Schofield soldier who broke into UH dorms now linked to Waikiki rape By Jim Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer The soldier convicted in a series of dorm-room invasions at the University of Hawai’i-Manoa has been linked by DNA to an unsolved Waik\u00efk\u00ef rape, according to an indictment returned this morning. Mark Heath, … <\/p>\n