Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho yesterday found probable cause as to five of six charges filed against Mollik Sagar, a man accused of sexually assaulting two women who were swimming at Grotto area in Marpi.<\/p>\n
At a preliminary hearing, Camacho found probable cause to charge the 35-year-old Sagar with sexual assault in the second degree, sexual assault in the first degree, assault and battery, and two counts of disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
Camacho ordered Sagar to answer the charges.<\/p>\n
The judge, however, did not find probable cause to charge the defendant with another count of assault and battery, and dismissed the charge.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Betsy Weintraub, counsel for the government, stated that assault and battery is a lesser included offense of sexual assault in the second degree.<\/p>\n
Weintraub called to the witness stand police detective Catherine B. Pangelinan, who is the officer in charge of the case. Assistant public defender Michael Sato is counsel for Sagar.<\/p>\n
Camacho set the arraignment for May 16 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Pangelinan stated in her report that Rudolpho Hermosilla Jr. responded to Grotto last May 1 at 11:34am after a lifeguard called to report about a sexual assault incident.<\/p>\n
The two Korean women, who were in a pavilion, told the officer that Sagar sexually assaulted them while they were swimming.<\/p>\n
The women alleged that they arrived at Grotto, but they could not swim because they were not carrying lifejackets.<\/p>\n
The women said Sagar and another Bangladeshi man approached and asked to pay them $25 each in exchange for guiding them in the swimming area.<\/p>\n
The women agreed because they know how to swim without lifejackets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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