Roberto found not guilty
Raymond B. Roberto, 41, is found not guilty on all three counts of enticement of a minor and one count of witness tampering.
More details to follow.
Raymond B. Roberto, 41, is found not guilty on all three counts of enticement of a minor and one count of witness tampering.
More details to follow.
No surprise here, he’s local and jurors are probably all local. Very disappointing and sad for the CNMI because we let people like him get away crime such as this and he’ll probably go out and do it again.
You should really, REALLY get your facts straight SiMaria. I am sure that a jury who took this long to come up with a unanimous decision of not guilty did not come without the frustration of true discernment. They obviously poured laboriously over every evidence presented and came to the conclusion that the “victims” were NOT credible witnesses, meaning their stories were not consistent and they were basically LIARS. Keep in mind, the mother of one of the “victims”, Michelle Camacho, has exploited this same daughter of hers to accuse her biological father of molestation – check the Superior court dockets, you will find the truth there.
I think both Ron and Tayalimpio have been here to long. There was jury tampering with pressure to acquit. I have no doubt in my mind he is soooooo guilty. So you say acusers can be liars. I agree. I also agree that is just smoke an mirrors.
Judge Manglona is just a criminal justice janitor.
Ai SiMaria, How can you accuse local jurors to be bad jurors?? The jurors did not let Roberto get away with crime but rather set an innocent man free. By the way, Roberto’s attorneys begged Judge Manglona to have the trial in Guam instead of Saipan and Manglona denied the request. So please open your eyes and understand that accusers can be liars.
Absolutely…
The word “probably” Mary, indicated that you never been at Mr. Robertos Trial and you dont know who were the jurors are and assumed all locale, Regardless Mary, the man not guilty…
I don’t think it’s fair to say that a jury that took more than two weeks to reach a decision found him not guilty because he is “local.” I think the jury took its job of weighing the evidence against the “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” standard of proof seriously. Also, despite all the shocking and salacious testimony, we need to remember that this is not a sexual abuse of a minor case in the Commonwealth courts. It is a FEDERAL charge of enticement of a minor.
If I am not mistaken, that means the prosecutor had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the text messages were Roberto’s. The whole case could collapse on that one point. And one witness said it was his phone, not Roberto’s. Also, the defense attorney worked very hard to cast doubt on the truthfulness or reliability of the testimony of the government’s witnesses.
CNMI juries have convicted quite a few locals of sex offenses, and those persons are serving long sentences in the Department of Corrections now. A question for Federal prosecutors: why so much zeal to nail Roberto on a Federal rap?
Good question. We should ask Haejun Park
…and finally a verdict of not guilty on ALL COUNTS!! Mr. Roberto has finally reach the end of a long ordeal no innocent person should have ever gone through, especially one with children at home. As I stated before, we should never condemned anyone accused of a crime without proving it. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and Mr. Roberto and his defense team has just proven that. All those that have condemned Mr. Roberto from the time of his arrest should ask the great Lord forgiveness for He has instructed us to “Never bare false witness against thy brothers and sisters”. Mr. Roberto, may you have peace in your heart and forgive those who have done wrong to you and your family.
Even if society doesn’t agree with the verdict even outraged, but this is the right to trial by a jury of your peers.
just as likely that several jurors were holding out because they did believe he was guilty and it took this long for them to be worn down by the ones that refused to look at the preponderance of evidence that showed this guys guilt. The feds probably had to take this case as the locals screw up a simple clear cut auto theft and burglary, were the defendant is caught in the stolen vehicle with additional stolen vehicle keys and admits to the burglary. Oh yeah, the keystone cops at DPS and the spring break crowd of lawyers at the AGs Office, when not hashing and playing ultimate frisbee brah, do not inspire confidence in the community………..
Well, since you are persuaded he is guilty despite the jury verdict and without hearing the evidence or participating in the deliberations, perhaps it is well for you to remember that this man already spent more than a year in jail in the process.
Ray forgive them and move on. you had the best lawyers: Lujan and Torres. They did their homework well…stop casting stones people..