SUPERIOR Court Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio has dismissed the firearm storage violation charge against Police Officer Zsazsa Manahane, 35, without prejudice, meaning it can be refiled.
The Office of the Attorney General-Criminal Division, through Chief Prosecutor Chester Hinds, requested the court to dismiss the case.
“After further review of the case and the statute, the Commonwealth cannot, at this time, prove that defendant violated 6 CMC 10204(a),” Hinds said in his motion to dismiss the charge.
“Therefore, for good cause, the Commonwealth believes it is in the interest of justice to dismiss this case without prejudice,” he added.
Judge Kim-Tenorio granted the request.
According to the information filed in court by the OAG, on or about July 5, 2024, Manahane “did unlawfully keep a firearm within a residence, a place of business, or on private land, and the firearm was not stored in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock, and the firearm is under the immediate control of a person who is a law enforcement officer, to wit: defendant failed to secure a firearm identified as black Glock 19Gen5 Pistol with serial No. BXYD914, in a locked container with a trigger lock within a residence, in violation of 6 CMC 10204(a) and made punishable by 6 CMC 10204(b).”
No other details about the defendant or the case were available as of press time Monday evening.
