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Hawaiian skull leads to arrest PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 12 September 2004
Seller on eBay charged under archaeology law
By DAVID HALDANE
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES - The power of eBay has landed a California man in hot water with the feds.

Thirty-five years ago, Jerry David Hasson, 55, found a prehistoric skull in the sands of Hawaii; today he faces up to five years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine for allegedly violating the federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act. "These are the ancestors of our native Hawaiians," said Assistant U.S. Attorney William Carter, who is prosecuting the case.

Hasson could not be reached for comment.

According to authorities, Hasson said he found the skull while he and Charlton Heston's son Fraser were living on Maui during the 1969 filming of The Hawaiians. One day, Hasson said, he and two friends decided to explore a guarded archeological site on Kaanapali Beach.

"While digging in the sand, we began to uncover an entire skeleton and, of course, I decided to keep the skull," Hasson wrote in an eBay ad he posted this year. "For the last 35 years, I've kept this 200-year-old Hawaiian Warrior as a souvenir of my youth but now it's time to give him to the highest bidder."

That turned out to be John Fryar, a special agent with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Over three days, Fryar communicated with Hasson by telephone and e-mail, eventually winning the auction for $2,500.

A University of Hawaii anthropologist confirmed the remains to be those of a Polynesian woman who died at about age 50.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2789332
 
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