Eleele woman sentenced to jail for theft from Life’s Bridges

Eleele woman sentenced to jail for theft from Life’s Bridges

LIHUE — Prosecuting Attorney Rebecca Like announced that Joy Pigao, age 61 of Eleele, was sentenced on July 31, 2025, to serve 90 days in jail for stealing over $40,000 from Life’s Bridges Hawaii, Inc. Life’s Bridges is a Kauai-based nonprofit that provides bereavement support to anyone grieving the death of a loved one and also provides education on death, grief and suicide prevention. Between July 8 and November 3 of 2023, Pigao stole approxim…