A man allegedly stole over $8,000 from his employer and reportedly admitted to taking the money and using it to play poker and to purchase methamphetamine, or ice. <\/p>\n
Jerry Babauta Basa Jr., 31, appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio last Monday for a bail hearing on the charge of theft filed after he allegedly stole $8,582 from his employer, Marpac, to play poker and purchase ice. <\/p>\n
Kim-Tenorio imposed a $1,000 cash bail on Basa and remanded him back to Department of Correction custody following the hearing. <\/p>\n
The defendant was ordered to return to court on March 9 at 10am for a preliminary hearing while his arraignment was set for March 14 at 9am. <\/p>\n
According to court documents, Basa was a sales agent for Marpac when he allegedly collected an $8,582 payment from a store in Kagman and used a large chunk of the money to play poker and buy ice instead of remitting the money.<\/p>\n
On Feb. 4, the Marpac resident manager called the Department of Public Safety to report the theft.<\/p>\n
The manager told police that Basa had allegedly collected a payment of over $8,000 from a store in Kagman the day before, Feb. 3. However, the following day, Basa still had not turned it in. <\/p>\n
A fellow sales agent told police that when they went to collect the money that day, Basa insisted on receiving the money but he thought nothing of it. <\/p>\n
In an interview with Basa, he said he received an $8,852 payment from a store in Kagman at around 4pm on Feb. 3 and, instead of remitting the money, he played poker at an arcade in Garapan.<\/p>\n
While at the poker arcade, Basa said he met a random guy and bought ice from him. After consuming some ice, Basa said he continued to play poker until the morning of Feb. 4.<\/p>\n
That morning, Basa said he sent a message to his boss saying that he couldn\u2019t come to work because he was not feeling well but his manager said he knew that it was a lie. <\/p>\n
Basa also admitted to police that it was a lie and he couldn\u2019t come in because he didn\u2019t have the money.<\/p>\n
Basa said despite receiving multiple messages from his manager, co-workers, and family members to return the money, he instead smoked more ice and continued to play poker.<\/p>\n
Later, he said he called his manager and informed him that he only had $1,604 left from the money he took and that he would return it. <\/p>\n
Basa said he went to the office that day and returned the company car, keys, and what was left of the money. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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