Lillian T. Duenas, 45, was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Assistant Public Defender Matthew Holley filed a motion for bail modification, requesting that she be allowed to a third-party custodian.
Duenas was required to post $200, or 10 percent of the bail, as part of the bail modification.
Assistant Attorney General George Hasselback is prosecuting the case.
Earlier, Department of Public Safety acting spokesman PO2 Jason Tarkong said while detectives were serving the arrest order on Duenas on Friday, police discovered 42 marijuana plants ranging from 4 inches to 7 feet tall were discovered on a property in Papago.
Additional charges will be included, Tarkong said.
In his affidavit, Detective Jonathan Decena said Officer Abraham Villagomez was dispatched to Han’s Corp. along Chalan Pale Arnold for a reported misuse of bad checks on Dec. 11, 2009 at about 11:37 a.m.
Jim Kwn Han told police that an unknown female, later identified as Duenas, came in and purchased six new tires and one car battery.
The female issued two checks under the name Lauren T. Duenas.
“The unknown female individual eventually returned for a refund and was denied by Han [who] made a follow up from Bank of Guam learning that the account had been closed,” Decena said.
On Feb. 25, 2010, Detective Melinda Villanueva talked to Lauren Duenas who called from Tinian.
The officer learned from Lauren Duenas that she had been living on Tinian since 2008.
Also in the same year, Lauren Duenas told police she closed her checking account from Bank of Guam.
At the same year, she recalled that she used to reside at the Crisostomo’s Apartment on Lower Navy and eventually moved to Tanapag with her mother, Lillian, the defendant.
Lauren Duenas said she recalled that her checkbook was inside the boxes that her mother brought over when the defendant was alone.
Lauren Duenas told police that she received a call from XO Market and Design that informed her about her invalid checks issued in that same year.
“Lillian had admitted to Lauren that [the defendant] has been using her checks and that Lillian told Lauren that she will pay [XO Market] back,” Decena said.
On March 5, 2010 at about 8:53 a.m., Decena again interviewed Han who told police that Lillian Duenas arrived at about 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2009.
The defendant used the first check amounting to $369 for the purchase of four tires and one car battery.
Minutes later, Han said Lillian Duenas came back and issued $300 in check as payment for two more tires.
Han gave $150 refund to Lillian Duenas, police said.
On Dec. 5, 2009, Han told police that Lillian Duenas came back to his establishment and wanted to refund the two tires.
Police said Han then told Lillian Duenas that he would give her back the check if she could return the $150 change.
She told Han that she did not want the check but the refund for the two tires only, police said.
