Posted at 4:02 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2005
Tanonaka to spend 3 months in prison
Advertiser staff
Former Congressional candidate and broadcast journalist Dalton Tanonaka was sentenced to three months in prison, three months in home detention and received a $10,000 fine in federal court today.Tanonaka pleaded guilty in July to three felonies and a misdemeanor of making false statements on loan applications and on his disclosure form to the U.S. House of Representatives when he ran for Congress. He also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of accepting a contribution that exceeded the $2,000 limit in his congressional bid.
Tanonaka lost to Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor in 2002, and to U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawai`i, in the congressional race in 2004.
