Hawaii man accused of stealing dead baby’s ID loses lawyer

HONOLULU — A former U.S. protection contractor in Hawaii accused together with his spouse of residing for many years beneath stolen identities of useless infants will get a brand new lawyer, a federal choose dominated Thursday.

Based on prosecutors, Walter Glenn Primrose and Gwynn Darle Morrison are the actual names of the couple who’ve been fraudulently residing for many years beneath stolen identities, Bobby Fort and Julie Montague. Prosecutors say Primrose spent greater than 20 years within the Coast Guard, the place he obtained secret-level safety clearance.

They’ve pleaded not responsible to conspiracy, false assertion in a passport software and aggravated identification theft.

Assistant Federal Defender Max Mizono filed a movement earlier this month asking to withdraw as Primrose’s lawyer, citing a breakdown within the attorney-client relationship.

Throughout a phone listening to Thursday, U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Rom Dealer granted the request after having a non-public dialog with Mizono and Primrose about their relationship.

After returning to an open listening to, Dealer mentioned he discovered good trigger to find out that it is not tenable for Mizono to proceed representing Primrose.

One other lawyer shall be appointed to symbolize Primrose.

Prosecutors have advised the case is about greater than identification theft.

A search of the couple’s house in Kapolei, a Honolulu suburb, turned up Polaroids of them sporting jackets that look like genuine Russian KGB uniforms, an invisible ink equipment, paperwork with coded language and maps displaying army bases, prosecutors mentioned.

Attorneys for the couple have mentioned they don’t seem to be Russian spies.