A plea of guilty was rendered by a 17-year-old juvenile charged as an adult in connection with a sex case, which is alleged to have occurred inside the Juvenile Detention Center, where he was incarcerated while facing charges in a separate sex case.

In the first case, the government accused Liki Tao of sexually abusing two boys, ages five and nine, and in the current matter are charging him with two counts of sodomy, two counts of sexual abuse first degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

During the plea agreement for the first case, the defendant pled guilty to sexual abuse of the boys while the remaining charges were dismissed. In this case, the defendant admitted to his actions and in return, the government moved for the court to dismiss the remaining charges.

The minor boys were interviewed by police in the presence of their father, where the nine year old said the defendant forced him and his younger brother to perform oral sex on the defendant. The nine year old further stated that when he refused the defendant would beat him or choke him, and the defendant also threatened many times to kill him if he ever told anyone.

The five year old told police the defendant also forced him to perform oral sex on him. Court filings say, the defendant would also touch the five-year-old inappropriately, and this was around Christmas time in 2011.

According to the government’s case, police interviewed the defendant in the presence of his mother who admitted that he had had sexual contact with the five-year-old around May 6, 2012 and stated he was only playing a game with the boys when he asked them to perform oral sex on him (the defendant).

The second case occurred while Tao was incarcerated for the first case.

This second criminal case charges Tao with sodomy, deviate sexual assault, sexual abuse first degree and third degree assault on allegations that he and two other juveniles performed sexual acts on a 14-year-old juvenile, inside the JDC.

In this case the defendant also pled guilty to the sexual abuse charge and in return for his guilty plea, the government moved to dismiss the remaining charges.

In this latest case, court filings say that Tao along with “A.T” and “S.S” are accused of having sex with another male juvenile.The matter came to light when the victim informed the Juvenile Detention Center staff that he had been sexually assaulted.

Court filings say the 14-year-old victim told the police that the first incident took place sometime between April and May, involving the three males, and the second incident also occurred in April or May when he was placed in the same cell with Tao and S.S.

Chief Justice Michael Kruse did not rule on the plea agreement of this matter but ordered the case to be transferred to the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court, where it is now pending.