Three plead guilty to selling NFL fakes
Advertiser Staff
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Three people pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of trademark infringement for selling fake National Football League T-shirts in the parking lot of Aloha Stadium at the Pro Bowl on Feb. 13.
But the three are asking Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario to defer accepting their guilty pleas to enable them to have the cases dropped.
Glenn Marziotto, 47, of Florida; Brendan Schiff, 36, of California, and Melissa Lieberman, 30, of California, pleaded guilty to the charge that carries a prison term of up to five years.
Del Rosario scheduled a hearing for March 1 to determine whether to defer the pleas or sentence the defendants.
City Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Van Marter said he will oppose the defense deferral request, but said he did not know what he will recommend at sentencing other than a substantial fine.
Van Marter said 72 T-shirts were confiscated, but authorities did not know how many they sold before the three were caught. He said the shirts were being sold for $10 each.
WAIKIKI
ABERCROMBIE GUEST OF HONOR
U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie will be honored Sunday at the third annual fundraiser for the 'Aha Punana Leo Hawaiian Language Immersion Education Program.
Abercrombie has been a champion of Hawaiian language education since he was a member of the state Legislature two decades ago and continues the effort in Washington today, according to a release issued by 'Aha Punana Leo.
The Ne'epapa I Ke O Mau (Moving Forward Together) fundraiser will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Besides honoring Abercrombie, the event will feature a silent auction, cocktail hour and a dinner.
Tables of 10 are available at $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500. Individual tickets are $250. For information, call the Ne'epapa hot line at 658-3257 or go to neepapa.org/.
DIAMOND HEAD
NEW RESTROOMS READY IN CRATER
The state will tear down the old restroom inside Diamond Head crater on Friday now that a newer, handicapped-accessible restroom with drinking fountains has been completed.
The new restrooms are part of improvements recently completed at Diamond Head State Monument that include a shelter at the drop-off/pick-up area, vending machines and a lunchwagon concession station.
Financing for the improvements came in part from the Hawai'i Tourism Authority through the Transient Accommodations Tax revenues. Recently the state also improved lighting in the upper trail tunnel and stairs and safety railings at the summit, and expanded the parking lot.
KAUA'I
POLICE ASK HELP IN FINDING GIRL, 16
Police are asking the public's help in finding a 16-year-old Kaua'i girl, Gienell Tolentino, who was last seen Sept. 8 when she was dropped off at Kaua'i High School.
She is 5 feet 6 and 115 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Police said she is believed to have left the campus shortly after her arrival that day and did not attend school.
Anyone with information can call police at 241-1711.
BLOOD BANK SETS DONATION DATES
The Blood Bank of Hawai'i will be on Kaua'i Oct. 5 to 7 to take blood donations.
Donor sites will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at Kaua'i Community College's second-floor student lounge, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at Kaua'i War Memorial Convention Hall and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at Wilcox Memorial Hospital's conference rooms.
For more information call the blood bank at (800) 372-9966 or visit www.bbh.org.
