Washington tourist pleads not guilty in Hawaiian monk seal rock case, barred from Hawaii beaches
HONOLULU — A tourist from Washington state pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he threw a coconut-sized rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal and ordered him to stay away from Hawaii’s beaches. Igor Litvinchuk, 38, of Covington, Washington, appeared in U.S. District Court in Honolulu on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty to … Read more