Hawaii Shark Expert to Keep Job Despite Child Porn Conviction
Randy Honebrink has been a go-to source on shark attacks for local media for several years.
A state employee serving a sentence for possession of child pornography is expected to keep his job when he gets out of prison.
Randy Honebrink, the Department of Land and Natural Resources聽aquatic resource information and education coordinator, was聽convicted and 聽and five years of supervised release in September. 聽He admitted聽to downloading two sexually explicit photographs of two boys, age 12 and 14.
that Honebrink still retains his position with DLNR, and that he’s聽using his vacation leave time to serve his prison sentence. KHON reporter Brent Remadna also reports that Honebrink will keep聽his job after his sentence is up.
Over the years, Honebrink has been a high-profile local news source for shark related issues. For example:
- He was quoted in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in on a tiger shark attack.
- This covered a website on shark attack data where Honebrink was prominently quoted.
- Honebrink was a member of the state Shark Task Force, quoted in on lowering the聽risk of shark attacks.
- I also quoted him in 聽that followed up聽on a shark attack at Bellows Beach.
Honebrink’s expertise is on display in this 2009聽YouTube video of a town hall meeting with state Rep. Gene Ward.
