Man charged for assaulting others with baseball bat

Canfield Borja was charged by the Attorney General’s Office with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.The information filed by Assistant Attorney General Lori Ann Zucco before the Supreme Court on June 4, 2008 stated that Borja assaulted Ali Yoshiwo and Leeboy Albert with a baseball bat on February 11, 2008.Borja was served with a summon on June 30 and was ordered to appear in court to face his charges on July 7 at 1:30 p.m.The affidavit of Bureau of Public Safety officer Melvin Ubedei stated that police responded to a call of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in front of Frankie Borja’s auto repair shop in Ikelau Hamlet in Koror.The affidavit stated that investigation disclosed that on the night of February 11, 2008, the two victims were standing in front of the shop and were talking with another individual when Borja approached them.The affidavit stated that while the three individuals were talking, the defendant struck Yoshiwo on the back with a baseball bat four times.On the fifth attack, the victim tried to block the bat but got hit on the left hand and finger.The victim runs around the parked vehicle to run away from the defendant.The other victim tried to stop defendant from beating up the first victim.Borja turned around and struck Albert on the left arm with the bat.The second victim pushed defendant away but defendant struck him again with the bat on the right side of the stomach.The victim stepped back and continued walking backwards, telling the defendant to drop the bat if he really wants to fight.While the victim was telling defendant to drop the bat, defendant kept on walking towards the victim with the bat trying to hit him.Borja fled from the scene when police arrived. He was arrested later. He told police that victims deserved the beatings because they kept on getting drunk and other people were complaining about them.Borja was charged in 2000 with robbery and aiding and abetting grand larceny.His case was disposed on February 9, 2000 where he entered a guilty plea to aiding and abetting grand larceny charge.The robbery was dismissed and the defendant was placed on probation for three years and was ordered to pay fine $300.