Updated at 1:50 p.m., Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Man, 28, pleads guilty in attack of teenage girl
By KEN KOBAYASHI
Advertiser Courts Writer
Anton Myklebust II, 28, also was charged with raping the girl, but sexual assault charges will be dropped as part of a plea agreement.
Under the agreement, Myklebust faces a prison term of 6 2/3 to 20 years when he is sentenced March 6 by Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto.
Myklebust is accused of putting the girl through an 8-hour ordeal after he kidnapped her in October 2004.
Thalia Murphy, city deputy prosecutor, said the girl approved the agreement. Murphy said the agreement was offered to spare the girl from the trauma of reliving the case.
Keith Shigetomi, Myklebust's lawyer, said his client maintained that he did not rape the girl and the sex was consensual.
Reach Ken Kobayashi at kkobayashi@honoluluadvertiser.com or 525-8030.