Inos is the director of DPW’s technical services division. Variety was told that he is the nephew of Lt. Gov. Eloy S. Inos.
Director Inos was ordered to appear in Superior Court on Sept. 27.
On Aug. 16, the AGO complaint stated, Director Inos “did unlawfully detain [the 17-year-old victim] by force against her will.”
The AGO said the defendant “unlawfully struck, beat, wounded, or otherwise caused bodily harm, or had sexual contact” with his victim.
The AGO said Director Inos, as an employee of the CNMI government, “did an illegal act under color of office and willfully failed to perform the duties of this office as provided by law.”
Variety earlier learned that a female Workforce Investment Agency trainee had accused Director Inos of sexually assaulting her in his office.
The trainee is a minor.
The defendant did not return the phone calls of this reporter. He also did not reply to the Variety’s e-mails.
A staffer from the technical services division said Inos was at the DPW main office yesterday.
Variety learned that the Department of Public Safety had completed its investigation, and submitted an affidavit of probable cause to the AGO to support the issuance of an arrest order.
But the AGO advised DPS that the complaint would proceed through a penal summons.
Asked for comment, chief prosecutor Michael Ernest said in an e-mail to the Variety: “Because the Model Rules of Professional Conduct severely limit what a prosecutor may say, it is our office policy not to comment on possible, pending or incomplete investigations and/or cases. I will be happy to fully discuss this topic at an appropriate time.”
Attorney General Edward T. Buckingham told the Variety to reveal its sources so he could comment on the matter.
“I have to protect my office,” Buckingham responded when this reporter declined to identify the Variety’s sources.
