Occupy Honolulu Protesters Plead No Contest

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Six Occupy Honolulu protesters pleaded no contest yesterday to charges of violating city park closure rules at Thomas Square, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Jamie Baldwin, Megan Brooker, Lucas Miller, Randall Perez, Luke Satsuma and Nickolas Wooden were arrested in November for staying in the park after it closed at 10 p.m.

They took a plea deal that required each to pay $80 — far less than the maximum penalty of a month in jail and a $1,000 for the petty misdemeanor offense of violating park closure rules.

Further penalty was deferred for six months, and the four protesters who aren’t leaving the state soon were ordered to appear before District Judge Linda Luke for a proof of compliance hearing on September 20, 2012.

(File photo by Sanjeev Ranabhat/Civil Beat)

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