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By
Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff
A MAN and a woman
were arrested and charged in the Superior Court of Guam after admitting
that they stole a car, jewelries, a baby car seat and a stroller to get
money to buy illegal drugs.
Lenny Kalei Borja, 31, twice convicted in the local court for theft in
1997 and 1998, was charged along with Juan Cruz Camacho, 42.
They were each charged with possession of a schedule II controlled substance
as a third-degree felony, burglary as a second-degree felony, two counts
of theft as a second-degree felony, and possession of less than an ounce
of marijuana.
The two were arrested Tuesday night while having a fight at the parking
lot of Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallos office in Hagatna, according
to the magistrate complaint made by Deputy Attorney General Basil OMallan.
When police arrived after responding to a disturbance call, they saw Camacho
leaning on a black pickup truck in the parking lot. Camacho told police
officers that he was only having a verbal argument with Borja.
Police Officer Jimmy Rosete asked Camacho for permission to search his
vehicle for guns or drugs which the latter consented to.
The police officer conducted a search and located inside a back pack a
Krazy Glue container with a rolled clear plastic zip lock bag with suspected
crystal methamphetamine.
The police officer also located a digital scale on the drivers visor
and a brown plastic pipe containing brown residue.
Camacho admitted that the pipe belonged to him and that the scale was
also his, to verify the weight of the ice that he had purchased
so that he wouldnt get ripped off.
He said the back pack in the truck belonged to Borja and admitted that
he assisted Borja in loading two rims, batteries, and what appeared to
be a tool box in the truck.
Borja agreed to make a statement and admitted that he had just burglarized
the house of Reginald Jackson in Chalan Pago where he took a set of 18
inches rims, batteries, a computer monitor, a computer box, a gold chain,
diamond stud earrings and a safe that contained miscellaneous documents.
He also admitted that he burglarized the house of Franchesca Kammingas
in Chalan Pago on Saturday and took the 2006 Toyota Corolla parked in
front of the residence.
Inside the car were a Kodak digital camera, a baby car seat, a baby stroller
and other items.
Camacho said he was walking past Kammingas house when he saw the
car keys hanging in the lock.
The car and items inside were recovered but the gold necklace chain was
swapped by Borja for ice, while the other items were stored
by Camacho. .
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