By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A 31-year-old convicted burglar arrested again for stealing a sack of copper wire has been released from the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Jose B. Manglona posted a $10,000 property bond on Thursday.
Manglona appeared for a bail modification hearing last week and Judge Kenneth Govendo, who originally imposed a cash bail of $10,000, granted the defendant’s motion for bail modification.
Manglona was represented by Assistant Public Defender Adam Hardwicke while the government was represented by Assistant Attorney General Joseph Taijeron.
Manglona will appear in Superior Court on May 11 for arraignment.
The police affidavit stated that a Telesource employee called of the Department of Public Safety on April 9 and reported a theft at the Maui Well in Marpo Valley, Tinian.
A 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 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 with them, he ran to the site where the sack was and discovered it was missing. He immediately reported the incident to police.
Manglona was seen by an eyewitness running from a farm. Police officers searched the area but failed to find Manglona.
Investigators monitored the area and later saw Manglona on his mother’s property, loading black trash bags and securing a rice sack in 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 wire to the company.
A Telesource employee positively identified the wire, saying that Telesource, through the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., is the only company that purchases such wire.
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.