Ex-Hawaii lawmaker gets probation for airline passenger grope

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Jan. 25, 2006
Ex-Hawaii lawmaker gets probation for airline passenger grope
Associated PressLOS ANGELES - Galen Fox, a former top Hawaii lawmaker, was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday and ordered to register as a sex offender for groping a woman as she slept on an airline flight.

The Waikiki Republican and former state House minority leader, was sentenced in federal court. In October, he was convicted in a non-jury trial of abusive sexual conduct, a misdemeanor offense that carried a maximum penalty of six months in jail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Nagle sentenced him to three years of probation that includes three months of home detention, and he must register as a sex offender during the probation period, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.

Fox also was ordered to undergo "either psychiatric evaluation or sex offender treatment,"
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/13710469.htm

[TomInTib]

1. If that guy was next to me on an airplane.....

no effing way I am going to sleep.

One creepy looking dude.

[pinerow]

2. WTF....!

nt

[Clark2008]

3. OK... his name is Galen Fox, he looks like he has some

I dunno, "gender issues" :shrug: (I can't place what I'm trying to say, but he doesn't look like he was born male in that first picture - not that I care because it's none of my business) and he's been convicted of groping.

God, TV show producers couldn't write this shit.

[Judi Lynn]

4. From an earlier story:'SHOCK': Rep. Fox quits after sex conviction

'SHOCK': Rep. Fox quits after sex conviction
He denies the sexual misconduct but says stepping down is needed

"I vigorously fought the charges against me, which I hold to be untrue," Fox said yesterday in a brief news conference at the state Capitol.

"I have been living with the consequences of my arrest for several months," Fox said. Long a Republican party leader, he relinquished his role as House minority leader in June, citing personal reasons.

In his announcement, Fox said, "I believe the people of Waikiki, Ala Moana and Kakaako deserve to be represented by someone unclouded by a conviction such as the one I now carry. I continue to believe in the American system of justice."
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Last year, Rep. Brian Blundell (R, West Maui-North Kihei) was charged with fourth-degree assault for allegedly groping an undercover police officer outside a men's restroom at Kapiolani Park on July 15. Blundell lost his legislative seat in last year's election to Kameo Tanaka, brother of former state Sen. Joe Tanaka.
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http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/01/news/story01.html



Rep. Brian Blundell

[f-bush]

5. Typical Republican Asshole...

they're ALL like that. They're a bunch of arrogant, self centered fuck wads that are the scourge of the earth!

[booksenkatz]

6. If a stranger lays a hand on me while I'm sleeping on an airplane...

he will withdraw a stump at the end of his wrist, I guarantee it.

What a sick POS!!!

[Judi Lynn]

7. Stranger than Fiction: The Fall of Republican Lawmaker Galen Fox

Stranger than Fiction: The Fall of Republican Lawmaker Galen Fox
By Malia Zimmerman, 1/26/2006 12:49:29 AM


The only local political story in recent months more bizarre than former Republican lawmaker Galen Fox being convicted for fondling a sleeping female passenger next to him on a flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles, is his complete meltdown that followed -- all under the heat of the media spotlight.

It ended at an all time low yesterday morning with Fox dressed in a gray suit and tie, flashing a bright smile and Shaka sign at KITV reporter Daryl Huff and cameraman as he bounded into the California federal courthouse an hour-and-a-half late to be sentenced. It was as if he’d lost all sight of reality and thought he was a celebrity waving to his adoring fans.

Fox, who had kept an already skeptical judge waiting for 90 minutes, had to face reality once inside the courtroom. He was sentenced on a fourth degree sex assault conviction to three months of house arrest, three years probation, sex offender treatment and a $2,500 fine.

But whether he was in the courtroom or standing before a pack of reporters, Fox seemed to drift in and out of reality. On several occasions mislead the public, the media, investigators and the court. Sometimes he said he did in fact touch that woman - other times he adamantly denied doing so, claiming he was being set up.
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http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?c6975c94-52b3-472e-b666-afe02a05b2f7