The Office of the Attorney General has agreed to remove the reckless driving offense in a traffic citation issued against lawyer David George Banes and instead cited him only with an offense payable with a $35 fine, including a $10 court costs.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Jonathan Robert Glass Jr. and Banes filed last week before the Superior Court a stipulated motion to amend the citation and permit payment of a payable offense.<\/p>\n
The amended citation charged Banes only with driving on right side exceptions.<\/p>\n
Glass said the basis for the request to amend citation is that the Commonwealth has reviewed the facts and circumstances and has a good faith belief that the charge is appropriately amended to the case now pending before the court.<\/p>\n
Glass and Banes stipulate that $25 shall be assessed as fine and $10 as court costs.<\/p>\n
Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho granted the parties\u2019 request to amend the citation and gave Banes 30 days to pay the $35.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune learned that Banes immediately paid the amount and the case was closed. <\/p>\n
Banes, 55, was cited by a police officer for reckless driving along Dandan Road. He appeared before Superior Court Presiding Judge Roberto C. Naraja last Oct. 4. <\/p>\n
Banes waived reading of the charge and pleaded not guilty. <\/p>\n
Reckless driving is a misdemeanor punishable by fine of $1,000, six months imprisonment, or both.<\/p>\n
It was Police Officer L. Lizama who issued the citation last Sept. 3. Banes was allegedly recklessly driving a red Toyota vehicle with license plate ACV 373 on Dandan Road at about 4:30pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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