Duan Sheng Hong, also known as Peter Hong, appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo for the defendant’s initial appearance yesterday.
Hong, who appeared in the custody of the Department of Corrections, was arrested on the charge of disturbing the peace.
Assistant Attorney General Shelli Neal, the prosecutor, moved that the $1,000 cash bail be retained.
Hong’s defense counsel, Viola Alepuyo, said his client would be posting the required cash bail for his temporary liberty.
Govendo directed Hong to appear for his arraignment on Nov. 29.
Govendo directed Hong not to have any contact with Vicente Sablan, his wife Barbara, their juvenile daughter, and the victim’s boyfriend.
The victim stated “that after all the drama that she had experienced for the past seven months, she had realized that Peter Hong is the suspect,” according to Detective Jonathan Decena’s affidavit of probable cause.
Decena said the Sablan couple went to the police station in Susupe on Sept. 14, 2010 and reported a disturbing the peace complaint against a man whom they only know as “Peter,” later identified as Peter Hong.
“Preliminary investigations reveal that Barbara’s juvenile daughter …has constantly been bothered by [Peter Hong] and that they want him to stop bothering their daughter as well as their family,” Decena said.
On Sept. 6, the victim learned from her boyfriend that Peter Hong was his friend.
The boyfriend met Hong while playing basketball with his friends at Northern Marianas College.
The victim said it was the first time she saw Peter Hong and the silver Toyota RAV4 driven by the accused.
As the victim was leaving her boyfriend’s house in Garapan, Hong started following her vehicle, but the victim prevented the defendant from further tailing her.
“Peter then started shouting at them saying ‘stop blaming me for the stupid text messages, it’s not me, and tell [your boyfriend] to pay me back my money for the ticket,’ ” Decena said.
The next day, the victim learned from her mother that Hong was at their godmother’s residence in Kagman III where he talked with the victim’s mother.
The defendant told the mother that he was not the one sending messages to her daughter.
Hong “seemed like he wanted the juveniles to break up. The victim felt that Peter Hong was a ‘weird guy’ who knew about [the victim’s] prom night and where ever she had been. She felt that she was being stalked by Peter Hong,” Decena said.
“The texting never stopped and it became clear to [the victim] that whenever Peter calls [her], Peter would get angry at [the boyfriend] whenever Peter finds out that [the victim] was with [her boyfriend],” Decena said.
On Oct. 24, 2010, the victim said Hong arrived at her residence in Kagman III at around 10 p.m.
After honking several times, the victim said she saw from her window Hong who was screaming at her parents outside their residence.
Hong told the Sablan couple to tell their daughter to leave him alone, Decena said.
On Nov. 5, at about 9:02 p.m., the victim said she was with her boyfriend in the parking lot of the movie house in San Jose when Hong texted her boyfriend, and asked for their location.
The victim said she felt afraid when she saw Hong’s message to her boyfriend.
While inside the movie house, the victim said she received a forwarded text message from her father that came from Hong.
The message claimed that both juveniles were “selling drugs, [and also indicated] what type of car [the victim] was driving and how close [her] car was parked to the former Price Costco,” Decena said.
The victim then sought help from her mother who called the police.
The victim later spotted Hong’s RAV4 with the defendant behind the steering wheel.
The victim realized “that Peter had been following them all evening,” Decena said.
On Nov. 10, the victim together with her mother reported the matter to the police.
