Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman ruled on two domestic violence cases yesterday, clearing one defendant and finding probable cause to charge another.<\/p>\n
At a preliminary hearing, Wiseman did not find probable cause to charge Manuel Jones Villagomez and dismissed the information charging him with assault and battery and disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
Wiseman ordered the release of the 40-year-old Villagomez.<\/p>\n
In dismissing the charges, the judge noted the conflicting statements of the alleged victim.<\/p>\n
In a separate preliminary hearing, the judge found probable cause to charge Johnson Gulapa Bonoan with violating an order of protection, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
Wiseman ordered the 45-year-old Bonoan to answer the charges.<\/p>\n
In Villagomez\u2019s case, assistant attorney general Barbara Cepeda called to the witness stand police officer Bradford John Camacho Peter.<\/p>\n
In Bonoan\u2019s case, assistant attorney general Chester Hinds called to the witness stand police detective Nicolas Rabauliman.<\/p>\n
Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig served as counsel for both Villagomez and Bonoan.<\/p>\n
Last May 23, police arrested Villagomez for allegedly beating up his girlfriend and threatening her with a handgun at their home in Dandan.<\/p>\n
In Bonoan\u2019s case, Rabauliman said the suspect, who appeared drunk, broke into the house of his former girlfriend in Afetnas on May 17, pointed a machete at her throat, and threatened to kill her.<\/p>\n
Rabauliman said during the struggle, the victim suffered lacerations on the head and right shoulder. Their three children witnessed the incident.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo earlier issued an order of protection ordering Bonaon not to molest, attack, strike, assault, and call his former girlfriend via telephone. The order, which covers a one-year period, will expire on Dec. 10, 2015. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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