The Superior Court has imposed a $30,000 cash bail on a man accused of burglarizing a local restaurant and punching one of the restaurant\u2019s owners in an effort to flee the scene. <\/p>\n
Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph Camacho imposed a $30,000 cash bail last Friday on Johny John Basiente, a man accused of breaking into the GuangZhou restaurant and punching one of its owners when he got caught.<\/p>\n
Basiente, 36, is facing charges of burglary, three counts of vandalism, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace. <\/p>\n
Following his bail hearing, Basiente was remanded back to Department of Corrections custody. Basiente was ordered to return to court on Feb. 17, for a preliminary hearing while his arraignment was set for March 6. <\/p>\n
According to court documents, police responded to a theft-in-progress at the GuangZhou restaurant last Jan. 30, <\/p>\n
At the scene, officers spoke with one of three victims, Qiwen Wu, who reported the incident. <\/p>\n
Wu said that earlier that morning, she and her husband, along with her sister, were sleeping in their rooms on the third floor when they were awakened by their barking dogs. <\/p>\n
Wu said she went to check her cameras and discovered that they had been turned off even though she claims she never turns them off. <\/p>\n
As she was looking at the cameras, Wu\u2019s husband went down to the second floor where he found Basiente in one of the karaoke rooms hiding inside the restroom. <\/p>\n
When Basiente tried to flee the scene, Wu, her husband, and her sister stopped him. <\/p>\n
However, when Wu told him to wait for the police, Basiente allegedly punched Wu in the face, pulled her sister\u2019s hair, and pushed her husband and managed to flee the scene. <\/p>\n
Outside the restaurant, Basiente allegedly picked up a piece of wood and tried to hit the victims with it before entering a white vehicle. The victims managed to get a photo of the car\u2019s license plate number. <\/p>\n
At around 9:17am that same day, Wu was interviewed by investigators, telling them that Basiente had punched her about three or four times. <\/p>\n
Basiente was arrested last Feb. 8 and he allegedly admitted to breaking into the restaurant despite having a previous court order that directs him to stay away from the establishment. <\/p>\n
Basiente is a habitual offender with criminal felonies dating back to 2006. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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