A man who admitted sexually molesting five girls and videotaping the acts must spend at least 8 1/2 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
The Hawai‘i Paroling Authority set the minimum term for Stuart Novick, who was sentenced in August to a maximum 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to 65 counts of third-degree sexual assault and promoting child abuse. Novick, 56, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and admitted molesting the girls and videotaping himself with them for a private pornography collection.
Prosecutors said Novick lured five girls, ages 8 to 16, to his home by offering them "modeling training."
Other minimum terms handed down by the Paroling Authority include:
Benjamin Tandal Jr., 50 years of a life sentence for the 1997 shooting deaths of Steven Tozon and Tranquilino Bati. Tandal pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for his part in a series of North Shore drug-related killings.
Samuel Cooper Jr., 100 years of a life sentence for the 1999 strangulation of Honolulu Symphony volunteer Fred Cramer. Cooper also is serving a life sentence for the August 1999 murder of Waikiki video store clerk Keith Miyashiro.
Monte Young, 100 years of a life sentence for beating to death Paul Ulbrich with a hammer outside a Manoa Burger King restaurant in May 1997. Young used the blunt and claw ends of the hammer to kill Ulbrich in an unprovoked attack.
Wayman Kaua, 60 years of a life sentence for a 1998 standoff with police in Pacific Palisades. Kaua was convicted of attempted manslaughter for shooting at police officers during the 22-hour standoff, first-degree attempted assault, kidnapping, reckless endangering, unlawful imprisonment, terroristic threatening, and use of a firearm in a kidnapping.
The Hawai‘i Paroling Authority is a quasi-judicial board that sets minimum terms that a prisoner should serve before being considered for parole. The panel also determines whether a prisoner should be granted parole.
In its 2000 annual report, the authority said it hears an average of 880 minimum sentence cases each year and has jurisdiction over 2,658 people. The authority also hears about 1,000 parole cases annually.
Last fiscal year, which ended June 30, the authority set minimum terms for nine persons convicted of second-degree murder. The minimum sentences ranged from 15 to 100 years, with an average minimum sentence of 59.3 years.
Forty-two people last year received an average minimum sentence of 6.24 years for illegally possessing a firearm or ammunition. The average minimum sentence for the 16 people convicted of first-degree sexual assault was 17.16 years, according to the report.
