By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

DISMISSED airport police officer Vincent R.Q. Castro yesterday pleaded not guilty to the felony charges filed against him involving the pocketing of a Korean passenger’s wallet.
During his arraignment in Judge Alberto Lamorena’s courtroom, Castro waived speedy trial and asked for a jury of 12.
Castro, 38, was ordered by the court to return on Sept. 11 for a criminal trial setting. His case was assigned to Judge Katherine Maraman.
Castro was indicted with another airport police officer, Gilbert Aguon, on May 10. They are facing charges of theft of property as a third-degree felony, theft of property lost or mislaid as a third-degree felony, two counts of official misconduct, making false report, and un-sworn falsification, all misdemeanors.
Castro allegedly took the Louis Vuitton wallet of a Korean passenger, Hwa Jin Lee.
Lee reportedly lost her wallet containing more than $500 but not less than $1,500 in the vicinity of the airport.
The wallet was found and turned over to the lost and found section of the GIAA police division.
However, on April 6, 2007, Castro took the wallet from Aguon, who failed to record in the lost and found log book the recovered passenger property.
Under the GIAA standard operating procedures, all lost and found items should be inventoried and recorded for accountability.
Aguon notified Castro of the Louis Vuitton wallet that was turned in. Castro also failed to sign the log book before taking the wallet, according to the indictment.
On April 24, Castro gave false information to a law enforcement officer with intent to induce such officer to believe that another person had committed an offense. He gave false information that he returned the wallet to the passenger on a flight bound for Korea.
To further mislead an inquiring co-worker, Castro submitted a written false statement to the Guam Airport Police stating that he returned the wallet of the Korean passenger.