Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho yesterday found probable cause to charge Rota Police Officer Melvin Maratita Manglona over the allegations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n
At the preliminary hearing, Camacho found probable cause to believe that the crimes of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and one count of disturbing the peace were committed and that the 48-year-old Manglona may have committed the offenses.<\/p>\n
Camacho ordered Manglona to answer the charges.<\/p>\n
The judge dismissed the charge of assault and battery because it is a lesser included offense of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. <\/p>\n
It means that it is not necessary to charge assault and battery as it is already included in sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree.<\/p>\n
Arraignment will be on Aug. 29 at 9am.<\/p>\n
At the hearing, assistant attorney general Shannon Foley called to the witness stand Rota Police Detective Chloe Hocog, who narrated to the court about their investigation that led to Manglona\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
Assistant public defender Tillman Clark served as counsel for the defendant.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Manglona was remanded into the custody of the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n
AAG Foley stated in the information that Manglona sexually abused the girl in July and Aug. 11, 2016 on Rota.<\/p>\n
Foley said the defendant touched the girl\u2019s private part last Aug. 1, and caused her to have suicidal thoughts from July 2016 to Aug. 11, 2016.<\/p>\n
Hocog stated in her report that the girl revealed that Manglona has been sexually abusing her since she was 9 years old and that the recent sexual encounter happened just last Aug. 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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