The Superior Court has imposed a $100,000 cash bail on a man accused of trafficking drugs on Tinian. <\/p>\n
Last Friday, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph Camacho imposed a $100,000 cash bail on Anthony H. Cruz, a man who has been under investigation by the Tinian Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Bureau for months for his alleged involvement in selling methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Superior Court issued an arrest warrant for Cruz back on Oct. 4 but was only brought before a judge for his initial appearance and bail hearing last Friday. <\/p>\n
During his hearing, assistant public defender Vina Seelam was appointed to represent Cruz, while Chief Prosecutor Chester Hinds represented the CNMI government. <\/p>\n
After failing to post bail, Cruz was remanded back to Department of Corrections custody and was ordered to return to court on Oct. 21, for a preliminary hearing while his arraignment was set for Oct. 24. <\/p>\n
According to court documents, Cruz, 42, was arrested following three separate buy-walk operations conducted by the Tinian Criminal Investigation Bureau where he allegedly sold drugs to informants employed by the bureau. <\/p>\n
Tinian CIB conducted three buy-walk operations with a confidential informant back in May 2022 and twice in September 2022.<\/p>\n
Police stated that Cruz sold the informer a total of $280 worth of methamphetamine on those three occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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