Govendo remanded Castro, 43, to the custody of the Department of Corrections after his initial appearance and bail hearing yesterday morning.
Assistant Attorney General Nicole Driscoll represented the government while the court appointed Assistant Public Defender Douglas Hartig as counsel for Castro.
On Sept. 4, 2011, Detectives Catherine Pangelinan and J. Decena talked to Castro’s sister who lives in Tanapag.
Castro’s sister said that after she watched the local news on television, she recognized the suspect as her brother George who was caught on surveillance video while robbing the poker staffer at knifepoint.
The sister also told authorities she believed the knife used by George was hers because her brother left their house in Tanapag during the morning of Aug. 29, hours before the robbery.
The sister said one of her two long knives was missing.
She then directed authorities to a residence in As Lito where George was located.
The sister told authorities she was the one who brought her brother to that residence on Sept. 3 “because he had no place to stay.”
In As Lito, Detective Jeff Olopai read George his Miranda rights.
George confirmed he did rob Capitol Poker using his sister’s knife, police said.
George admitted getting close to $2,000 which he then spent playing poker at Sky Poker on Airport Road, police added.
George also led authorities to Grand Market on Middle Road in Puerto Rico where he hid the knife. It was placed in a small flower garden built in front of the market.
