A 39-year-old 'Ahuimanu man must serve his full five-year prison term for terrorizing his neighborhood.

David R. Domingues had been sentenced to a maximum five-year prison term by Circuit Judge Steven Alm after pleading guilty to two counts of terroristic threatening, but it was left to the Hawai'i Paroling Authority to determine how much time he must serve before he can be released on parole.

On Monday, the paroling authority ruled that Domingues must serve all five years, which is unusual for his type of crime.

Tommy Johnson, paroling authority administrator, said the three-member paroling board's decision reflects the years that Domingues terrorized neighbors despite court restraining orders filed against him.

The decision also reflects how seriously the parole board viewed Domingues' case, Johnson said.

Last year, the board's average minimum term for 77 terroristic threatening cases was only 3.4 years, he said.

Domingues' case was highlighted by frustrated neighbors who banded together after being fed up with what they said were Domingues' threats to kill them and their children, racial slurs and challenges to fights.

While awaiting sentencing, Domingues was placed at the Sand Island Treatment Center, but he ended up threatening people there, authorities said.

At the sentencing in July, Alm said Domingues failed to make progress in changing his threatening actions.

"I think your former neighbors deserve a chance to sleep in peace," the judge told Domingues.

At a hearing earlier this month, city prosecutors asked the paroling authority to keep Domingues behind bars the full five years.

Domingues still has the option of asking after he serves a third of his sentence for a reduction in his minimum term, but under the law, the paroling authority is not obligated to grant the reduction.

Reach Ken Kobayashi at kkobayashi@honoluluadvertiser.com.