HONOLULU, HI – Edward Caspino, 47, of Waianae, was sentenced on April 11, 2025 to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine and operating a large-scale illegal gambling business involving chicken fights. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright in Honolulu.
According to Acting United States Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson of the District of Hawaii, Caspino was found guilty of distributing a total of three pounds of methamphetamine on three separate occasions in July 2021. He also organized and conducted a large-scale chicken fighting operation on his 10-acre property in Waianae from February 2021 through March 2023. These events, which involved hundreds of spectators betting on the outcome of numerous individual fights, constituted illegal gambling under Hawaiian state law.
In addition to the prison sentence, Judge Seabright ordered Caspino to forfeit his interest in over $600,000 in cash seized by investigators, as well as his interest in the 10-acre property used for the illegal gambling operation…