THE TRUTH Be Told, I have it on “very good authority that Cleon Otto Reyes Pacho was set-up to be arrested which I’m sure the facts will eventually PROVE.” I have personally known Cleon since he first came into the world and it is truly heartbreaking & troubling to see him being the VICTIM who is treated like the criminal and to make it worse Commissioner Torres is NOT standing behind his employee, especially when previous offenders at DOC were on “leave-with-pay until their case was resolved.” However, I’ve learned that Cleon has been “put in jail, not administrative leave, charged & even interrogated by Torres demanding in an intimidating-tone that he FESS-UP without an attorney being present.” Why wasn’t Cleon given an attorney before being aggressively interrogated by the Commissioner even though Cleon gave a voluntary statement but didn’t implicate himself. It doesn’t look right, nor smells right and it’s more than likely Not-Right!
As for the case history: I do know that Cleon is an OUTSTANDING Young man of Character being a “Army Reservist and the Valedictorian & Top Gun of his DOC Corrections Class.” Cleon is also known by fellow employees for his strict adherence to the Law & DOC Policies. Cleon has been one of DOC’s top employees even working overtime when no one else would. In fact, Cleon has yet to be paid overtime for some months which is why he is indigent, deserving a lawyer. It also seems his complaint to Commissioner Torres about “his overtime & the inequity of treatment towards him having to cover for other employees and sometimes working 16 to 24 hours a day sometimes” which I believe had something to do with him being set up, for speaking-up for himself.
But first and foremost, it needs to be known that Cleon was handed a package outside the prison by a person he didn’t know and was arrested OUTSIDE the prison’s reception on camera, as the bag was never officially accepted into the prison. Cleon was never given a chance to follow procedures for the bag to even enter the prison, as he intended to have the bag searched by the appropriate people. It seems that even charging Cleon for bringing something INTO the prison is a LIE and clear implications of a set-up to arrest him. However, the car driver who allegedly prepared the bag for delivery is still roaming free. I’m also told on good authority the camera will prove Cleon never entered the prison with the bag and was never given a chance to “clear the bag for entry by presenting the bag for inspection BEFORE entering the prison” — smells like a Set-Up to me. I hate to say it but, I truly believe that “Cleon being a rising star employee — who dared to complain to Torres and his Filipino heritage made him prime bait for this set-up that I’m alleging,” as I’ve seen this movie before in live & living color.
If DOC & Torres truly wanted to catch everyone involved, they would have followed up and arrested the driver of the car whom the female allegedly said gave her the bag. Heck, CIB officers were OUTSIDE the prison waiting on this package that was supposedly “Tipped” and yet they are trying to put everything on Cleon when the camera proves he got the bag outside the prison only holding it for seconds before being arrested. The set-up even makes Torres look “suspicious & ineffective” as the arrest prior to the bag being officially received into the Prison eliminated prosecution for WHO the inmate was to have received the package and even botched the arrest. I even know the proper investigative procedure was to “Track-the-Bag from the official acceptance too the inmate,” not the “Rush to Judgement” that technically took place outside the prison because the proper process didn’t happen which supports the set-up theory that I am alleging. Cleon has even been denied his right to receive any visitors, not even his parents, which I’m sure is a violation of a Defendants’ Rights by Law & Prison Policy. Cleon is yet to be given bail-conditions and was only recently given an attorney after more than 7 days in jail as an indigent defendant. I expected better from Commissioner Torres & the Justice System, especially when I just praised the Commissioner for his commitment to the CNMI & her People but to see him seemingly LEADING this FARCE questions his integrity for me. Cleon was supposed to have been treated as a “loyal employee” by Torres as being “innocent until proven guilty” like other employees who were put on Administrative-Leave! I hope Cleon is set free, given an apology and paid for every minute he spent in jail PLUS hardship money, as that “B-Thing” I often mention is REAL against All outsiders which seems to be part of the TRIGGER for this fiasco against Cleon!
I know what’s it like to be a “victim of co-defendants & the system” from my personal experiences some 50 years ago, which is one reason why I had to say & do something. I also wrote about this to share Cleon’s story with the People of the CNMI so they can “help with the accountability on DOC & Torres and even to pay-attention to the judge that handles this case,” as judges are now being scrutinized for reappointment. I do know that Judges are supposed to “furiously protect the rights of a defendant as much as they promote the rights of a prosecutor in the quest for TRUTH,” as the case is supposed to be about a “search-for-truth” not a plan for Cleon’s conviction! One People One Direction FOR Justice to Prevail for Cleon Otto Reyes Pacho!
AMBROSE M. BENNETT
Concerned Citizen
