JASON De Castro Yamada, 27, has been arrested for physically abusing and threatening to kill his own mother.
He was charged with senior citizen physical abuse and or mental cruelty, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault & battery, assault, and disturbing the peace.
At a bail hearing Friday morning, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho imposed a $20,000 cash bail on Yamada who appeared in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Assistant Public Defender Emily Thomsen was appointed by the court to represent Yamada while Assistant Attorney General Dejon Redd appeared for the government.
After the hearing, Yamada was remanded to the custody of Corrections and ordered to return to court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 20 at 10 a.m., and for an arraignment on Jan. 30 at 9 a.m.
According to the complaint and affidavit of probable cause filed against Yamada, the elderly disabled victim told police investigators that she is scared of the defendant and does not feel safe around him.
She said on Jan. 11, she asked her son, Yamada, to change her adult diaper, but he refused.
She said Yamada told her: “I don’t like to watch you. Better you die.”
He also told her that he would put gasoline on the trash and when he burns the thrash, he would throw her into the fire, she added.
She said her son also threatened to kill her and her husband. Moreover, Yamada slapped both her sides of cheeks and punched her mouth, his mother said.
She said Yamada likewise threatened her with a pocket knife and held it against her neck while asking her if she wanted to die.
Police also interviewed her husband. He said that his wife told him that Yamada slapped her on the face multiple times on Oct. 30. When the husband confronted Yamada, the defendant admitting slapping his mother saying, “I slapped her last night because she was very loud. She should just die because she is useless anyway.”
The husband said his wife told him that Yamada slapped her again on the morning of Dec. 1.
The husband said he called the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services whose medics brought her to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. where she was admitted and stayed for almost a month.
The husband said after she was discharged from the hospital, he decided to take her to his work every day to ensure her safety.
He told police that his wife had two strokes last year and that he has been taking care of her.
He said he had told Yamada to get out of his residence, but the defendant would always come by in the evening to sleep over.
In 2016, Yamada was arrested for threatening to kill his mother with a machete and physically abusing his younger brother.
After he pled guilty to the offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment, but all suspended except one year, eight months, and five days for time served.
Yamada was also ordered to maintain mental health treatment on an outpatient basis or inpatient basis as recommended by CHCC’s psychiatrist or doctor.
Jason Yamada is escorted by a Corrections officer at the Guma’ Hustisia.
