{"id":195330,"date":"2015-04-01T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=195330"},"modified":"2015-04-01T04:00:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:00:11","slug":"woman-gets-1-month-sentence-for-stealing-money-and-forging-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/woman-gets-1-month-sentence-for-stealing-money-and-forging-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gets 1-month sentence for stealing money and forging checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former employee of Bridge Capital LLC was slapped yesterday with a one-month prison sentence for stealing money from the company and forging checks in the total amount of $2,097.80.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195359\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"195359\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/robert-naraja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/robert-naraja-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"Naraja\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-195359\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naraja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Superior Court Presiding Judge Robert C. Naraja sentenced Kimberly W. Santos to three years imprisonment, all suspended except for one month, for theft.<\/p>\n<p>Santos, 25, was allowed to start serving her sentence on April 25, 2015, at 5pm. She is expected to be released on May 24 at 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>After serving her sentence, Santos will be placed on supervised release for three years. She was ordered to pay a $300 fine, $100 in court fee, and $300 in probation fee.<\/p>\n<p>She was required to pay restitution no later than May 29, 2015, to Bridge Capital LLC and FT Condo LLC.<\/p>\n<p>Santos was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service and complete any counseling recommended by the Community Guidance Center.<\/p>\n<p>She was ordered to write a letter of apology to Bridge Capital LLC and FT Condo LLC and stay away from the two companies during her probation.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Attorney General charged Santos with theft and two counts of forgery. She pleaded guilty to theft as part of a plea deal. The remaining charges were dropped.<\/p>\n<p>She was represented by assistant public defender Eden Schwartz. Assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas appeared for the government.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Santos stole a total of $2,097.80 from Bridge Capital LLC and FT Condo LLC between Sept. 2 to 16, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Santos took $296 from FT Condo LLC\u2019s petty cash and forged FT Condo LLC\u2019s Bank of Hawaii check in the amount of $401.80.<\/p>\n<p>Santos also forged Bridge Capital LLC\u2019s First Hawaiian Bank check in the amount of $1,400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former employee of Bridge Capital LLC was slapped yesterday with a one-month prison sentence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2626,324,1557,1673],"class_list":["post-195330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-attorney-general","tag-community-guidance-center","tag-first-hawaiian-bank","tag-heather-barcinas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}