The owner of a well-known restaurant in Halibut Cove will spend three months on home confinement for a potentially dangerous encounter in 2022 between a boat she was driving and a nearby flightseeing plane.
Marian Beck, 70, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of gross negligent operation of a vessel during a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Tuesday. A charge of attempted destruction of an aircraft was dismissed as part of a plea agreement after she was originally indicted in January 2023.
During the hearing, Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess also sentenced Beck to give up her mariner’s license, spend three years on probation, and pay a $9,500 fine. Burgess described the incident as “road rage on the water” and said he hoped the sentence will “send a message that it’s not OK to take things into your own hands.”
