Previous Story
Ogumoro asks court to combine his case with brother’s
|
Posted on Mar 03 2006
Capt. Aniceto T. Ogumoro has asked the Superior Court to combine his case with the case against his brother, Ambrosio T. Ogumoro.
Aniceto Ogumoro, through counsel attorney Viola Alepuyo, asserted that judicial economy and fairness require that the two cases be joined pursuant to the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Alepuyo said the affidavits of probable cause used to support the warrants issued in both matters are the same.
“The witnesses for both cases are the same and all information would no doubt overlap,” she said.
A fair reading of the affidavits, the defense lawyer said, implicate that the Ogumoros in each separate case appears to have engaged in a series of transactions consisting of the crimes charged.
Police arrested Aniceto Ogumoro, the then acting police director, on Feb. 11, 2006, after police raided his house on Capitol Hill where they allegedly recovered three rifles and 25 boxes of ammunitions.
Aniceto Ogumoro, 44, was charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, one count of possession of a weapon without proper registration, and one count of unlawful possession of ammunition.
Chief Prosecutor Jeffery Warfield Sr. stated in the information that on Feb. 6, 2006, Aniceto Ogumoro unlawfully possessed an automatic weapon, a Remington Rifle Win Mag with weaver scope, and an automatic weapon, a Colt AR 15 rifle. Warfield said the defendant also had no proper registration for a Ruger Mini 14 cal. 223.
The chief prosecutor said the police captain had 25 boxes of Winchester Super Buckshot 12 gauge rounds.
Capt. Ogumoro had posted a $50,000 property bond for his temporary release.
The arrest of Capt. Ogumoro was made a day after police arrested his brother, Department of Public Safety range master Ambrosio T. Ogumoro, on allegations that he beat up his wife and for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunitions.
The Ogumoros denied the charges.
