POLICE Officer Zsazsa Manahane has been charged with one count of storage of firearm violation.
The Superior Court issued a penal summons against Manahane on Tuesday to appear before Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja on Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. and to answer to the charge.
According to the information filed by the Office of the Attorney General, on or about July 5, 2024, Manahane “did unlawfully keep a firearm within a residence, a place of business, or on private land, and the firearm was not stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock, and the firearm is under the immediate control of a person who is a law enforcement officer, to wit: defendant failed to secure a firearm identified as black Glock 19Gen5 Pistol with serial No. BXYD914, in a locked container with a trigger lock within a residence, in violation of 6 CMC 10204(a) and made punishable by 6 CMC 10204(b).”
Manahane is currently on administrative duty and has been assigned to the front desk, Variety learned.
This year, two other police officers — Raymond Lizama Saralu and Jesus Santos Cepeda — were sentenced for firearms violations.
Saralu’s government-issued firearm accidentally went off and seriously injured his then-7-year-old nephew. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with the first year to be served and the remaining four years suspended. Saralu, who is no longer a police officer, was also given credit for two months and 15 days of time served.
Cepeda pled guilty to the charge of failure to properly store a firearm. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, but all suspended and was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, and $146 for court and probation fees. Cepeda was also placed on one-year probation.
He was previously charged with possession or use of a weapon while under the influence, failure to properly store a firearm, and disturbing the peace.
Cepeda is still a police officer at DPS, Variety learned.
