VINCE Santer Camacho was arrested for attacking a relative with a machete on Aug. 29 in Garapan.
On Wednesday morning, Camacho appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan and waived a preliminary hearing.
Camacho, 37, was charged with disturbing the peace, assault, assault with a dangerous weapon, and resisting arrest.
He was represented by Assistant Public Defender Emily Thomsen while Assistant Attorney General Frances Demapan appeared for the government.
After the hearing, Judge Bogdan remanded Camacho to the custody of the Department of Corrections and ordered him to return to court for an arraignment on Sept. 18 at 9 a.m.
The judge previously imposed a $6,750 cash bail on Camacho.
According to the complaint against Camacho, a male relative told police that he was walking home from the beach when he passed the defendant who was drinking alcohol with three other people.
The relative said he did not talk to them or bother them at all, but Camacho “started telling him bad words in Chuukese.”
He said he did not pay attention because he knew that Camacho was drunk and continued walking home.
The male relative said he did not know why Camacho was mad at him.
When the male relative got to his apartment, which is on the second floor of a building, he said Camacho started throwing rocks at his unit.
According to the victim, when he walked out to the balcony, he saw Camacho walking toward his building with a machete in his hand.
The victim said he saw two men standing outside of the building and asked them to call the police.
He said he told Camacho multiple times to stay out of his unit. But Camacho did not listen and told the victim that he, Camacho, would cut him.
The victim said Camacho walked toward the apartment unit and swung the machete at his male relative three times but missed him.
Camacho was still shouting at his male relative when police arrived.
Police said Camacho was uncooperative and continued to curse at his male relative as he was being restrained and handcuffed.
