Updated at 2:44 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2007
Former HPU softball player sentenced in drug scheme
Advertiser Staff
A former Hawai'i Pacific University standout softball player was sentenced to five years probation this morning for her part in a scheme to sell dozens of tablets of the illicit drug Ecstasy.Kellie Nishikida, 20, must also submit to random drug testing, perform 300 hours of community service, pay a $100 special assessment and abstain from alcohol for the term of her probation.
She pleaded guilty May 16 to a single count of knowingly possessing with the intent to distribute 170 Ecstasy tablets on Jan. 13 and 14.
The Pearl City High School graduate had faced up to 20 years in a federal prison and a fine of $1 million when she was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Michael Seabright.
Nishikida was one of four women arrested and charged with being part of a ring to sell Ecstasy, a methamphetamine, on military property.
