CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The longtime director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Friday in a case that also led to criminal charges against his wife, a state Supreme Court justice.

Under a plea deal, Geno Marconi was fined $2,000 for sharing confidential boating and motor vehicle records and was forced to resign from his job. His wife, Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, recently pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor after being accused of trying to interfere with the investigation into her husband.

“I recognize and take responsibility for my actions,” Geno Marconi said during his brief plea and sentencing hearing in Rockingham County Superior Court.

Marconi was accused of sharing confidential records in retaliation against a member of the Peas

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