Ex-convict gets 7 mos. in jail for violating probation terms

An ex-convict who was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend while on probation for theft and for beating her up was ordered to spend seven months in jail.

Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo sentenced Jesse James I. Lisua to seven months in prison for violating his probation in two previous criminal cases.

Following a plea agreement, Govendo gave Lisua credit for 17 days he already served in jail.

After serving the jail term, Lisua will be placed on two years of probation.

The judge ordered the defendant to pay a $25 court assessment fee and perform 100 hours of community work service.

Govendo said Lisua should complete domestic violence, anger management, and drug and alcohol counseling.

Lisua is charged with violating probation in two 2006 criminal cases. He is charged with new criminal law violations in a 2007 case and another one in 2008 case.

He entered a plea agreement with the government and admitted to violating probation in the two 2006 cases. The government agreed to dismiss entirely the remaining cases should the defendant comply with the conditions of his sentence.

Detective Andrea C. Ozawa stated in her report that in February 2007 Lisua dropped his girlfriend to her work at a hotel in Garapan.

The girlfriend told the defendant not to pick her up if he is drunk. Later that night, Lisua came to pick up the girlfriend, but he fell asleep on the ground in the hotel’s parking lot. The girlfriend woke him up.

Upon arrival at their house, Lisua got upset and grabbed the victim’s left foot. He dragged her out from the front door, causing scratches to her left foot.

The victim’s father tried to intervene, but as a result Lisua hit him with his elbow.

The victim called the police, prompting the defendant to leave the house. Later, police spotted Lisua on board his car and placed him under arrest.

In October 2006 the defendant pleaded guilty to assault and battery for slapping the same girlfriend. He also pleaded guilty to theft for stealing a digital camera belonging to a relative.

Superior Court presiding judge Robert C. Naraja accepted the defendant’s plea and sentenced him to a total of 10 days in jail, with credit for seven days he already served, for the two cases.

The judge placed him on probation and required him to comply many other conditions in imposing suspended sentence.