Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho yesterday found probable cause to charge 63-year-old retiree Manases Masga Manglona Sr. over allegations that he sexually abused a 12-year-old girl on several occasions on Rota. <\/p>\n
At a preliminary hearing, Camacho found probable cause to believe that the crimes of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and one count of disturbing the peace were committed and that Manglona may have committed such offenses.<\/p>\n
Camacho ordered the defendant to answer the charges.<\/p>\n
The judge dismissed the charge of assault and battery. He said assault and battery is a lesser included offense of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. <\/p>\n
It means that it is not necessary to charge assault and battery as such offense is already included in the sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree charge.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Shannon Foley, counsel for the government, called to the witness stand Rota Police Detective Shaw Clay DLC. Taisacan.<\/p>\n
Assistant public defender Tillman Clark appeared as counsel for Manglona.<\/p>\n
Arraignment will be on Sept. 26 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Taisacan stated in his report that Department of Public Safety Central received a call last Sept. 6 from a principal of a school on Rota about a sexual abuse of a minor case.<\/p>\n
Taisacan said investigation showed that the girl confessed to a teacher that Manglona has been sexually abusing her and that she wants it to stop. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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