By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

WILLIAM San Nicolas, a convicted felon and a kidnapping and rape suspect, is back in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Maraman today.
The twice-convicted felon, who is being held on a $5 million cash bail, earlier entered an insanity plea to charges of first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, terrorizing, aggravated assault and other related charges filed against him.
San Nicolas, 59, was the subject of a massive manhunt after kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in Mangilao on Nov. 5, 2005. He reportedly used a knife to threaten the minor and forced her into the jungle where he molested her.
At the time, San Nicolas was last seen helping at a family gathering in Mangilao and went missing with the minor who was last seen by her parents asleep in their home.
San Nicolas, who was charged with family violence in September 2004 after threatening to kill his wife, was arrested 10 days after a massive search for the girl in 2005.
The girl was spotted walking near the ranch area on Sabana Magis Road in Mangilao near Father Duenas Memorial High School.
San Nicolas was originally held on a $2 million bail but when the court learned that he is one of the heirs of a prime property in Tumon that is worth $25 million, the court increased his bail to $5 million.
His lawyer, Alternate Public Defender Ana Gayle, however, asked the court to pay for the psychiatric evaluation of the accused, saying that his client may have a rich family but not a millionaire as earlier reported.
Gayle earlier told the court that she contacted the administrator of the estate and she was informed that the property has not been sold. This means San Nicolas has no dispensable money to pay for his bail and mental evaluation.
Judge Maraman granted the defense request and allowed the use of $2,500 in court funds for San Nicolas’s mental evaluation.