Judge: Name prosecutor to handle traffic case of chief solicitor
Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja has ordered the Office of the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to handle a traffic case against OAG chief solicitor James M. Zarones.
According to the minutes last week about an arraignment held on Nov. 3, Zarones appeared without counsel.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge of vehicle entering through highway.
Assistant attorney general Jonathan Robert Glass Jr. moved to recuse OAG from prosecuting the matter.
Naraja set a status conference for Dec. 1, 2016, at 1:30pm before Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho.
According to court documents, Zarones was driving a blue Toyota RAV 4 along Chalan Pale Arnold in Chalan Laulau when the incident happened in the afternoon last Oct. 5.
Police officer J. Mendiola reportedly issued him a ticket for failure to yield to right of way.
The citation indicated the word “sideswipe” which means that Zarones’ vehicle hit another car.
