SHANGUO Zhang, 44, on Thursday pled guilty to tampering with a vehicle and was ordered by Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho to serve his sentence immediately.
Judge Camacho accepted Zhang’s guilty plea and sentenced him to six months, with the first 15 days to be served day for day without the possibility of parole, early release, weekend release or other similar programs.
The judge gave Zhang 12 days credit for time served and ordered him to pay a fine of $25 and to perform 60 hours of community service as part of his six-month probation after serving his sentence.
Zhang was likewise ordered to keep his scheduled appointments with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Judge Camacho noted in his order that a Department of Public Safety report alleges that on or about Dec. 17, 2020, the defendant committed an act of vandalism in violation of 6 CMC § 1805.
“The Commonwealth agrees not to charge the defendant formally with this offense,” the judge said. “If, however, the defendant violates the terms and conditions of this plea agreement, the Commonwealth reserves the right, in the exercise of its discretion, to formally charge the defendant for the alleged acts.”
With Zhang pleading guilty to count II, tampering with a vehicle, the government will dismiss, with prejudice, all the remaining counts of the information filed against the defendant.
Zhang, unemployed, was charged by the Attorney General’s office with vandalism and tampering with a vehicle after he spray-painted the hood of a police vehicle parked at the DPS central office.
Zhang was arrested on Nov. 20, 2020.
Previously, Zhang, represented by the Public Defender’s Office requested the court to reinstate the $3,000 cash bail so he could be returned to the custody of the Department of Corrections.
In denying Zhang’s request, Judge Camacho told the defendant that the Department of Corrections “is not a homeless center or a hotel.”
On June 30, 2020 Zhang was arrested after cracking the glass doors of the governor’s office on Capital Hill.
He said he was homeless and wanted the government to provide him with “refugee assistance,” and to “correct” the police “wrongdoing” when they arrested him on June 29, 2020 for creating a disturbance also at the governor’s office.
At the time, Variety learned that Zhang had a pending immigration case and his passport was with the Enforcement Immigration Removal Office.
