The Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau Trial Division reduced Thursday last week the $250,000 cash bail that was earlier imposed on Junior Larry Hillbroom to just $25,000.<\/p>\n
Upon posting the cash bond, Hillbroom shall be confined to his family home in Meyuns, said Associate Justice Lourdes F. Materne in her order.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom may visit his counsel only after the court has been told about it and that an escort is secured for him.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom is allowed to attend a court-ordered mediation in a civil action but he is not allowed to leave Palau without the court\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n
Materne barred Hillbroom from any contact with drug offenders and he will also be subjected to random drug testing at his own expense.<\/p>\n
Materne issued the order after a hearing last Thursday on the Palau government\u2019s motions to revoke Hillbroom\u2019s bond, to try cases together, and the defendant\u2019s motion to produce discovery.<\/p>\n
The Palau government agreed to the bail reduction.<\/p>\n
Rachel A. Dimitruk, counsel for Hillbroom, submitted a copy of Materne\u2019s order to the U.S. District Court for the NMI last Friday.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom was arrested last October in Palau for allegedly trafficking in methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The information, which was filed by the Palau Office of the Attorney General last Oct. 6, charged Hillbroom with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance.<\/p>\n
According to the charges, Hillbroom delivered or possessed with intent to deliver methamphetamine on April 11 and May 9, 2017.<\/p>\n
Associate Justice Materne earlier ordered bail for $250,000 cash or $500,000 surety.<\/p>\n
The trial of Hillbroom in connection with his previous arrest in 2016 pertaining to an \u201cice\u201d trafficking case was supposed to commence in January 2018. <\/p>\n
Hillbroom was released from jail last August after serving a 60-day prison sentence in Palau for pleading guilty to an escape charge.<\/p>\n
Last July, attorney Barry Israel expressed doubt how Hillbroom\u2019s lawsuit in the CNMI federal court can proceed, given Hillbroom\u2019s 60-day prison term and a pending drug case in Palau.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom filed in the CNMI a legal malpractice suit against his former counsel, Israel and Guam lawyer David J. Lujan.<\/p>\n
Early this year, Hillbroom pleaded guilty to a lesser included offense of escape in the second degree before the Supreme Court of the Palau Trial Division and was slapped with a 60-day prison term.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom is one of the four DNA-proven children of the late business tycoon and DHL co-founder Larry Lee Hillblom. He was recaptured in Palau hours after he escaped from police\u2019s custody on Feb. 9, 2016, just a few hours after he was arrested over the seizure of $160,000 worth of methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hillbroom\u2019s name is spelled differently from DHL co-founder Hillblom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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