{"id":304406,"date":"2019-07-23T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=304406"},"modified":"2019-07-23T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:06:28","slug":"man-turns-self-in-for-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/man-turns-self-in-for-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Man turns self in for robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who was questioned by police last Friday for his role in the robbery of a tourist and her young daughter turned himself in to authorities by tipping them off on his location where he could turn himself in.<\/p>\n

Carl Steven Aldan, 23, is charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery after he and a friend allegedly robbed a tourist and her daughter who were walking along Plumeria Avenue in Garapan last week.<\/p>\n

During his bail hearing yesterday, Aldan\u2019s lawyer, assistant public defender Jean Pierre Nogues, argued that his bail be reduced from the initial $100,000 to $15,000 because he proved that he is not a flight risk since he called the police himself to inform them of his location.<\/p>\n

Nogues also argued that Aldan has a 5-month-old daughter currently in the Commonwealth Health Center, so he has strong motive to remain on the island.<\/p>\n

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Carl Steven Aldan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chief prosecutor Heather Barcinas of the Office of the Attorney General argued that Aldan had told his co-defendant, Wilson Kenneth Caintoy Celeste, that he would use the money to return to the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Barcinas said she does not oppose reducing the bail amount but asked the court that, if the bail were to be reduced, to have it reduced to $20,000, which Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo later granted.<\/p>\n

Govendo scheduled Aldan\u2019s preliminary hearing for July 29 at 2:30pm; arraignment is on Aug. 5 at 9am.<\/p>\n

Govendo also ordered Aldan to stay away from his co-defendant, Celeste, from the victims of the case, from all airports and seaports, and to surrender his passport if he has one.<\/p>\n

According to court information, Department of Public Safety officers responded to a report of a robbery on July 14 at around 7:22pm along Plumeria Avenue, Garapan. The victim was a tourist and her young daughter who said she was robbed by a man who ran out from a red Nissan Sentra and grabbed her purse while she and her daughter were walking.<\/p>\n

Items stolen include credit card, passports, a Hermes watch, and over $1,000.<\/p>\n

The red Nissan Sentra was found at a residence in Gualo Rai on July 18 and police later learned that the vehicle\u2019s operator was Celeste.<\/p>\n

Upon interviewing Celeste, police learned that Aldan was the one who planned the robbery and needed a ride.<\/p>\n

Aldan also confessed to the robbery after allegedly calling the police to inform them that he was at CHC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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