Assistant Attorney General George Hasselback opposed the motion for bail modification filed by attorney Deborah Fisher who represented Ignacio T. Deleon Guerrero, 56, a.k.a. Kaboyu.
On March 10, 2010, CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force arrested Deleon Guerrero and George T. Manglona, 28, at their respective residences.
At the time of the police operation at Deleon Guerrero’s residence, a juvenile was also arrested for possession of a controlled substance — marijuana. The juvenile was brought to the juvenile detention facility in Kagman.
During oral arguments yesterday, Hasselback told Associate Judge David Wiseman that another arrest order was issued against Deleon Guerrero for possession and trafficking of “ice.”
Hasselback told the Variety that Deleon Guerrero was earlier arrested by the police in April 2009 for a similar offense.
Deleon Guerrero was released from jail after he agreed to cooperate with authorities and signed an agreement, Hasselback said.
Hasselback said the amended complaint would include the offense committed last April.
A $30,000 bail was earlier set for Deleon Guerrero’s temporary liberty by Wiseman.
Hasseback said Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo issued another arrest order against Deleon Guerrero. A $25,000 bail was set.
After the oral arguments, Wiseman found the proposed third-party custodian, the defendant’s sister, to be acceptable.
Wiseman noted the seriousness of the crime. He continued the matter on Monday, and remanded Deleon Guerrero to the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Deleon Guerrero and Manglona were being held on the charge of trafficking of a controlled substance and illegal possession of a controlled substance.
In his affidavit, Drug Enforcement Task Force Detective Sean White said Detectives Norman Rasiang and Kevin Maratita were told by a cooperating source that Deleon Guerrero and Manglona were both active in selling “ice” at a house in Chalan Kanoa, where the two defendants were living.
Members of the Drug Enforcement Task Force, with the assistance of the Department of Public Safety’s Tactical Response Enforcement Team and the Criminal Investigative Bureau, raided the defendants’ homes after Presiding Judge Robert Naraja issued search warrant and arrest orders.
A tin house in the same property was being used by the defendants for the users who wanted smoke “ice” after buying from them, Detective White said.
Deleon Guerrero and Manglona were receiving stolen properties and firearms in exchange for “ice,” White added.
“Manglona [was seen] with a .9mm pistol that [the defendant] brandished and [used to] intimidate the customers buying ‘ice’ from him,” White said.
The search at Deleon Guerrero’s residence yielded “ice” and marijuana, drug paraphernalia, large and small weight scales and numerous Ziploc bags, police said.
The search of Manglona’s car yielded drug paraphernalia, ammunition and other contraband, police added.
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