An employee of the Rota Mayor\u2019s Office was arrested yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman while drunk last Friday before midnight. <\/p>\n
Serafin Manglona Ogo, 33, was taken to court yesterday on charges of sexual assault in the second degree, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio imposed a $25,000 cash bail.<\/p>\n
Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig was appointed as counsel for Ogo. Assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas appeared for the government.<\/p>\n
Preliminary hearing will be on June 21 at 9am.<\/p>\n
The Department of Public Safety dispatch received a call on Saturday, asking for police assistance at a home on Rota regarding a sexual assault case.<\/p>\n
The alleged victim told police that Ogo sexually assaulted her on Thursday before midnight.<\/p>\n
The victim said that Ogo, who smelled of alcohol, sat next to her on a picnic table and rubbed her right inner thigh. When she attempted to move away, Ogo allegedly grabbed her privates.<\/p>\n
The victim got up from the table but Ogo allegedly approached from behind, told her not to tell her mother and grabbed her right breast.<\/p>\n
The victim said she was so scared.<\/p>\n
The victim claimed that Ogo also groped her between May 1 to June 30, 2016, when she was just 17. She said she was afraid and shocked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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