JEFFREY Lee Hoashi Borja appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo for a bail hearing on Monday afternoon.
Borja, 51, was charged with assault, disturbing the peace, and violating an order of protection.
At the hearing, Borja was represented by Assistant Public Defender Tyler Scott while Assistant Attorney General Steven Kessel appeared for the government.
Judge Govendo imposed a $10,000 cash bail on the defendant and remanded him to the custody of the Department of Corrections. Borja was also ordered to return to court on Oct. 6 at 1:30 p.m. for a preliminary hearing and on Oct. 17 at 9 a.m. for an arraignment.
According to the complaint against Borja, on Sept. 23 at 3:08 p.m., police officers responded to a reported disturbance in a supermarket in Garapan.
A woman, who is also Borja’s cousin, told police that she was with Borja’s wife to buy food at the supermarket.
She said as they were about to leave the supermarket, a white sedan driven by Borja parked beside the van that they were in, blocking them.
Borja exited the white sedan and approached his wife who was in the passenger seat and asked her to give him another chance.
Borja then reached for the front passenger side door and opened it, but his wife was able to close it back.
Borja’s cousin said she and his wife began to panic as he got mad, shouting and threatening to kill them both.
A witness told police that she saw a man, later identified as Borja, standing beside a van shouting. The witness said she heard Borja say, “Who’s the other guy? I’m changing.”
The witness also saw Borja punch the front passenger side window. The witness said she asked the man to leave. Borja then drove away from the area.
On the same day, Borja was reported again to the police for following his wife and cousin at the Tinian Liaison Building on Navy Hill and at the Commonwealth Health Center dialysis center.
The two women told police that Borja watched them from inside his car.
Borja’s wife told police that there was an active of order of protection against the defendant signed by Judge Wesley Bogdan on Sept. 21.
She said she and Borja had been married since 2015 but had been in a relationship for about 19 years.
