By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A 20-year-old man charged with assaulting a woman has entered a guilty plea and was put on probation.
Brandon J. Taitano, through his counsel Assistant Public Defender Douglas Hartig, entered a guilty plea to disturbing the peace as charged in count II of the information filed by the Attorney General’s Office.
A change of plea hearing was held on Jan. 5, and Associate Judge David A. Wiseman accepted the plea.
The judge sentenced Taitano to six months of imprisonment all suspended except for four days with credit of four days for time already served.
Wiseman also placed the defendant on supervised probation for six months and ordered Taitano to write a letter of apology to the victim.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of $50 and an assessment fee of $25.
Taitano will perform 100 hours of community work service at a minimum rate of 10 hours per month.
A review hearing was set for June 8 at Tinian Superior Court.
Taitano was charged with assault and battery and disturbing the peace.
According to the AGO, on July 14, 2006, Taitano assaulted and disturbed the peace of the victim on Tinian.