Posted at 2:51 p.m., Thursday, September 7, 2006
Asst. coach pleads guilty to providing team with liquor
Advertiser staff
A former assistant coach for the Lana'i High School girls basketball team pleaded guilty to providing players with liquor in 2005, but will get a chance to have the case dropped if he performs 210 hours of community service and pays the state $1,400.Dale Kapua pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts related to providing liquor to the players during a 2005 preseason tournament in Mililani.
Part-time District Judge James Dannenberg granted Kapua's request to have to the case dropped if he stays out of trouble for a year.
Kapua and Russell Zablan, the team's former coach, were both fired following the incident.
Zablan also pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor charges of providing the liquor to the players.
He also will get a chance to have the case dropped in a year if he pays $1,400 to the state and performs 210 hours of community service.
