A 51-year-old man extradited from Florida pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he sexually assaulted a minor girl a dozen years ago.

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Mayapur Das Fiorentino, formerly of Hilo, is charged with for counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor at least 14 but less than 16 years of age. A Hilo grand jury indicted him on March 19, 2025, for the offenses, which allegedly occurred between March 2013 and July 2014.

The victim — who is identified in the indictment only by her initials — was born in July 1998 and is now an adult.

A bench warrant issued with the indictment set Fiorentino’s bail at $150,000, but after hearing arguments by Deputy Prosecutor Heipua Ah Loy and Fiorentino’s lawyer, William Harrison, Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota increased Fiorentino’s bail to $400,000 and ordered him to return to court June 15 for further proceedings.

Fiorentino was arrested May 7 in Miami Beach, Fla., by Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputies, and was escorted back to Hilo by investigators for the Hawaii County prosecutor’s office, according to Prosecutor Kelden Waltjen.

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Waltjen said the case that led to Fiorentino’s return to the Big Island was initiated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in Hillsborough, N.C., one of the places Fiorentino lived after leaving Hawaii.

According to police reports, Fiorentino had moved and was living in Miami Beach prior to his arrest, Waltjen said in a statement. During booking by the Hawaii Police Department, however, Fiorentino gave a New Orleans address.

First-degree sexual assault is a Class A felony that carries a potential 20-year prison term. Prosecutors, however, said in the indictment that if Fiorentino is sentenced for two or more of the charged offenses, he would be a multiple offender “and an extended term of imprisonment is necessary for the protection of the public.”

Convicted offenders are seldom sentenced to extended terms, but if it were to occur, it would mean a sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole for anyone convicted of more than one Class A felony.

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Fiorentino remains in custody at Hawaii Community Correctional Center.

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