By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

THREE convicted felons who were separately re-indicted for possession of firearms entered guilty please and admitted to the felony charges.
Rodney Ojeda Malaca, 33, who was convicted on four counts of theft by taking on July 7, 2003 in the Superior Court of Guam, was charged in a criminal case in the U.S. District Court of Guam after his arrest on July 4, 2006.
Guam police officers saw that a vehicle registered to Malaca had run off the roadway into the jungle in Piti.
When police went to Malaca’s Barrigada residence to inquire about the traffic crash, they witnessed the felon throw a Phoenix Arms semi-automatic, .25 caliber pistol to a male friend.
Malaca admitted that the firearm was in his possession and that he tried to pass the firearm to a friend.
Malaca’s sentencing is set for May 28 at 9 a.m.
Another felon, Edward Faisao, pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of a firearm and admitted the indictment to avoid the maximum sentence of 10 years incarceration, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
Faisao, who was convicted of family violence on Nov. 24, 1999 in the trial court of Guam, confessed that on March 5, 2003, he was in possession of a .12 gauge shotgun.
The felony violation was discovered when conservation officers heard the sound of gunshots coming from the Andersen Air Force Base area.
The officers saw the 49-year-old felon holding a Mossberg .12 gauge shotgun and throwing that firearm onto the ground upon the authorities’ arrival.
Faisao said he was in possession of the firearm and that he obtained it by exchanging a stereo for the firearm.
The third felon, Frank Munoz Santos, admitted that he was in possession of a firearm on June 23, 2005 and used it to hunt deer.
Santos was convicted of possession of a firearm without an identification card in the Superior Court of Guam on Oct. 6, 1997.
He was charged in federal court with felony possession of a firearm after his arrest on June 23, 2005.
He was arrested after conservation officer Mark Aguon heard the sound of gunshots coming from the Pipeline Road area.
The officers saw Santos holding a Mossberg .12 gauge shotgun which, according to the defendant, he found on Naval Magazine property.