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Man gets 15 years for kidnapping
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Posted on Nov 23 2005
The Superior Court yesterday sentenced to 15 years in jail without the possibility of parole one of two men accused of beating up a man and stealing his vehicle at the old airfield in As Gonno.
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman imposed the 15-year jail term on James Cabrera Ordillano for kidnapping and gave him credit for the time he had already served in jail since he was arrested on Aug. 8, 2005.
Following the plea agreement, Wiseman ruled that 24-year-old Ordillano has no obligation to testify against his co-defendant, Gerald C. Sablan.
The judge also required the defendant to undergo counseling evaluation at the Community Guidance Center.
The Attorney General’s Office had charged Ordillano and Sablan with attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and kidnapping.
Ordillano and counsel Lillian Ada Tenorio signed a plea agreement with the government, represented by chief prosecutor Jeffrey Moots. The defendant pleaded guilty to kidnapping. The judge dismissed the remaining charges pursuant to the agreement.
According to the factual basis of the agreement, on Aug. 5, 2005, “the defendants confined Marvin Mendiola for a substantial period with the purpose to inflict bodily injury on or terrorize Mendiola.”
The case against Sablan is pending in court.
Police investigation showed that the 20-year-old Mendiola was with a friend, Chris Tenorio, at the old airfield at 9:30pm on Aug. 5.
Shortly after Tenorio left, Ordillano and Sablan walked toward Mendiola’s vehicle and beat him up. The defendants then fled using the victim’s vehicle, police said.
Mendiola suffered major laceration to the head and multiple bruises and scratches all over the body. (Ferdie De La Torre)
