The Office of the Attorney General filed yesterday attempted first degree charge and 11 other charges against security guard Carlos A. Ramangmou and his girlfriend over the stabbing of a taxi driver during a robbery on Saipan. <\/p>\n
As this developed, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho found yesterday during preliminary hearing probable cause as to all charges against Ramangmou.<\/p>\n
Camacho ordered the 26-year-old Ramangmou to answer the charges of attempted first degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and theft of vehicle.<\/p>\n
Defendant Felisha Ann Basa, through court-appointed counsel Kelley Butcher, waived yesterday her right to a preliminary hearing. <\/p>\n
Camacho set the arraignment on Sept. 26 at 9am.<\/p>\n
At the preliminary hearing, assistant attorney general Chester Hinds, counsel for the government, called to the witness stand Police Detective Myron O. Laniyo.<\/p>\n
Laniyo testified how the footage of a store\u2019s surveillance camera led to the positive identification and arrest of Ramangmou and Basa.<\/p>\n
Laniyo narrated to the court how the victim avoided further attack by playing dead the night of Aug. 27, 2016 on a dark road in Dandan.<\/p>\n
Laniyo said it was Basa who grabbed the victim\u2019s cellphone as Ramangmou poked him with a small knife on the neck, then continuously stabbing him on the right side of the face.<\/p>\n
The detective said Ramangmou only stopped the stabbing when the victim played dead. <\/p>\n
Laniyo said the defendants also stole the victim\u2019s $300 cash.<\/p>\n
Shown a photo of the victim\u2019s injuries, Laniyo said the victim suffered 11 lacerations to the face and hands. <\/p>\n
The detective said after two days in the hospital, the victim still complained of pain and his right hand was still bleeding.<\/p>\n
Hinds said there is sufficient evidence against Ramangmou.<\/p>\n
Hinds said if the victim did not use his hand to block the knife the injuries could have been fatal. <\/p>\n
Hinds said Ramangmou only stopped the stabbing when the victim played dead.<\/p>\n
Defense counsel Benjamin Petersburg said there was no indication that the stabbing was planned.<\/p>\n
Petersburg said there was nothing in the medical record that the alleged victim required surgery for his injuries or that the injuries were life threatening.<\/p>\n
Last May, a surveillance camera also led to the identification and arrest of the 32-year-old Basa for allegedly entering a bar in Chalan Kanoa and stealing the bar owner\u2019s purse containing $7,000 and other items. <\/p>\n
Police said Basa admitted to stealing the purse that she then handed to her boyfriend, Ramangmou. She told police that they then both played poker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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