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Immigration seeks deportation of 2 ex-convicts
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Posted on Feb 10 2009
The Division of Immigration has sought the deportation of two men who have numerous criminal convictions.
Following the filing of deportation cases, Superior Court associate judge David A. Wiseman ordered Alfred Obak and Prisco Ongrung, both Palauans, to appear in court on Feb. 26 an explain why they should not be deported from the CNMI.
Immigration investigator Nicolas T. Reyes stated in his report that last Jan. 8 he obtained information that Obak has been convicted of five misdemeanor cases.
Reyes cited a Superior Court judgment issued in August 2005, where Obak pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
The investigator said another court order issued in July 2008 convicted Obak of criminal trespass, theft, and misdemeanor criminal trespass.
Obak was among a group of people who burglarized Little Angels Daycare in Koblerville in April 2007. Copper wires were stolen from the building.
Obak also beat up a man for greeting him and his friend “Merry Christmas” on Dec. 25, 2004, at the Upper Miha housing in Garapan.
Obak reportedly has an outstanding arrest warrant in Palau and has numerous prior convictions, mostly for burglary charges in that country.
With respect to Ongrung, Reyes said that last Jan. 18 he learned from an Immigration supervisor that Ongrung has been convicted of four misdemeanors and one felony.
Reyes said that in 2007 Ongrung pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer and was subsequently sentenced in April 2008 to a total of 90 days in prison.
Reyes said Ongrung was convicted in four traffic cases in 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2007.
Ongrung assaulted a park ranger at the Outer Cove Marina area in September 2007.
