Jim Alan Balicanta was arrested on multiple counts of Sexual AssaultWAILUKU, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) -
A Maui man was arrested Friday morning on multiple sexual assault charges
after he allegedly had a three-year sexual relationship with a student that
began when the girl was in the eighth grade.
Agents from the U.S. Marshal Service arrested 40-year-old Jim Alan Balicanta
at approximately 7:50 a.m. at 85 Kapi Lane in Wailuku. He is charged with 27
counts of sexual assault in the first degree and 25 counts of sexual assault in
the third degree.
Balicanta was reportedly a band teacher at Iao Intermediate School in
Wailuku. He is currently classified as a former Department of Education
substitute teacher, and has not been employed by the D.O.E. since January 2012.
It is uncertain at this time whether Balicanta quit or was fired.
According the U.S. Marshal Service, the sexual assaults occurred over a 3
year period beginning in the student's eighth grade year at Iao Intermediate
School. The juvenile victim came forward this January with the allegations.
Balicanta is being held at the Maui Community Correctional Center on a
$750,000 bail.
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