Naone gets 16 months for extorting nightclubs

Former Aloha Stadium security chief Herbert Naone Jr. yesterday was sentenced to 16 months in prison and fined $10,000 in an extortion case. Naone, who at one time was described by the FBI as holding a "prominent position in Hawai'i's organized crime and narcotics trafficking underworld," pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to extort two nightclubs in 2004 and 2005.