The FBI says that it has nabbed the “Cockfighting King of Oahu”. Lloyd Robert Marshall, 67, and Nita Mitsuko Marshall, 65, formerly of Waianae, have been sentenced to 3 years and 18 months, respectively, for running an illegal cockfighting and gambling business in Waiana. 

The Marshalls directed dice tables, card games and structured over $239,000 in proceeds during a one year period “from the illegal gambling business to evade certain regulations relating to currency transactions.”

Excerpts from a press release: 

“From approximately 2009 to July 2011, the Marshalls agreed to use their property as a site of illegal cockfighting contests and dice and card games. Police observed from 100 to 600 people at these “derbies.” People attending the games paid parking and entrance fees. The Marshalls also forfeited $170,578.75 in cash, representing gambling proceeds which were seized on July 2, 2011 during a search warrant executed on their property, and their interest in real property used as the venue for the illegal gambling activities.

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