Calvin Tagabuel, right, is escorted by Corrections officers at the local courthouse on Feb. 11, 2025.
SUPERIOR Court Judge Joseph N. Camacho denied Calvin Tagabuel’s request for bail modification and release to a third-party custodian.
The judge, in his order on Wednesday, March 19, also remanded Tagabuel to the custody of the Department of Corrections.
The court had previously set his bail at $250,000.
Tagabuel, 48, was accused of causing Lark Kasian’s death by delivering a single punch to Kasian’s face, rendering him unconscious and causing him to fall on the concrete floor at Cool Laundry in Kagman, where he struck the back of his head. Kasian was 44 years old.
Tagabuel’s jury trial began on Feb. 11, 2025. He claimed self-defense.
On March 10, 2025, jurors found him not guilty of second-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge of aggravated assault and battery, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
He will be sentenced on June 18, 2025, at 10 a.m.
Tagabuel is represented by court-appointed attorney Joey McDoulett.
Chief Prosecutor Chester Hinds and Assistant Attorney General Heather Barcinas prosecuted the case.
