Five children adopted by Tinitale and April Makalea

Five children adopted by Tinitale and April Makalea were physically abused and deprived of necessities by their adoptive father. He also sexually abused one of the girls. He pleaded guilty to two of the charges in 2017 and was sentenced 45 days in jail and five years of probation. April Makalea was charged with witness tampering, as police said she knew of the abuse but did not report it and told the girl not to report it.