The Office of the Attorney General has dropped one of two charges against rookie police officer accused of beating up his wife, who is also a police officer.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas amended the information that charged Ramon Saures Kaipat with assault and battery and disturbing the peace. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of one year and six months imprisonment. <\/p>\n
Barcinas dropped the disturbing the peace charge, leaving only the assault and battery charge. That carries a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Barcinas said he disturbing the peace charge was dropped for purposes of non-trial disposition.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old Kaipat has pleaded not guilty. The bench trial will be on May 15, 2017. <\/p>\n
Kaipat allegedly hit his wife several times on the head and body last Jan. 13.<\/p>\n
Police officers responded to the Truongs parking lot on Beach Road in Susupe at 11:18pm after receiving a call about a disturbing the peace incident.<\/p>\n
A police detective saw Kaipat on top of his wife on the passenger side seat of a Nissan Altima car. Kaipat was reportedly holding down his wife\u2019s head on the seat. The wife was stepping on the car\u2019s horn, causing it to honk several times.<\/p>\n
The couple had just come from a party for patrol officers at a hotel. While the wife was talking with her sister on the cellphone, Kaipat allegedly grabbed the phone and her hair and beat her up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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