By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A man arrested for assaulting his common-law wife with a chair posted bail yesterday.
Albert S. Johnny, 41, appeared for a bail modification hearing yesterday morning before Associate Judge David Wiseman.
Johnny, through Assistant Public Defender Douglas Hartig, posted an unsecured bond of $1,800 and the court granted the defendant’s motion for bail modification.
The court said Johnny could post 10 percent of the $2,000 cash bail and an unsecured bond of $1,800.
The court also allowed the defendant’s release from the custody of the Department of Corrections to a third party custodian — his aunt.
Johnny was ordered to stay away from the victim and her minor children.
He was charged with one count of assault and battery for hitting and choking his common-law wife on March 11.
The affidavit of Detective Andrea Ozawa stated that Johnny threw a chair at the victim and tried to choke her in the presence of her seven-year-old daughter.
The incident happened at the victim’s residence in Kagman I.
The victim was in the house at 8 p.m. when Johnny asked her to call his aunt.
The victim went to the nearby house of a relative to make the call.
When she returned to their house, Johnny picked up a chair and threw it at her, hitting her in the arm, the affidavit stated.
It added that Johnny then choked the victim and pulled her hair.
He forced the chair onto the victim, causing her to become stuck between the chair’s legs and while she was stuck, the defendant began to choke her again, the affidavit stated.
The beating only stopped when Johnny’s cousin came and stopped him from further hurting the victim.
Johnny fled the area with a machete and crowbar while the victim called police for assistance.