By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A 31-year-old man who was convicted for burglarizing a house last year was arrested for stealing a sack of copper wires belonging to Telesource and the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. on Tinian.
Jose B. Manglona was brought for a bail hearing on Monday afternoon before Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo.
Govendo imposed a cash bail of $10,000 for Manglona’s temporary liberty and the defendant was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections after the hearing.
Manglona, whose arraignment was set for May 11 at the Tinian Superior Court, was arrested for theft and criminal trespass.
The affidavit of Police Officer Ray S. Pangelinan stated that on April 9, an employee of Telesource called the Department of Public Safety regarding a theft incident at the Maui Well in Marpo Valley.
Police investigation disclosed that an employee found a sack and an axe at the pump station in Marpo Valley while the employee and two other companions were checking a telephone pole.
The employee had asked his companion to keep an eye on the white sack filled with aluminum wires while he and the other employee checked the pump station.
The companion joined the two employees later, leaving the sack out of sight and unattended.
When the employee noticed that his companion was already with them, he ran to the site where the sack was and found it gone already. He immediately reported the incident to police.
Investigation revealed that Manglona was seen by an eyewitness running out from a farm. Police officers searched the area but failed to find Manglona.
Investigator monitored the area and later saw Manglona entering his mother’s property, loading black trash bags and securing a rice sack into a blue plastic container.
Manglona then drove away and was later seen at the Tinian Triple Star Brass/Copper Company.
The police officers confirmed later from Tinian Triple Star personnel that Manglona sold the aluminum wires to the company.
A Telesource employee positively identified the wires, saying that Telesource, through CUC, is the only company that purchases those type of wires.
Manglona was convicted of burglary for breaking into the residence of Russel Long in May 2006.
He was also charged for burglarizing the Department of Land and Natural Resources office on Tinian. This charge was dismissed by the government when Manglona signed a plea agreement in February this year. He pleaded guilty to one count of burglary for breaking into Long’s property.