{"id":406183,"date":"2024-02-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=406183"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Tinian-firefighter-allegedly-caught-with-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Tinian-firefighter-allegedly-caught-with-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinian firefighter allegedly caught with drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Superior Court has imposed a $25,000 cash bail on a Tinian firefighter who was allegedly caught in possession of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph Camacho imposed last week a $25,000 cash bail on Christopher San Nicolas King, who was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine pursuant to an anonymous tip.<\/p>\n

King, 48, faces one count of possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

During his bail hearing last week, King\u2019s lawyer, assistant public defender Emily Thomsen, asked to have her client\u2019s bail modified and have him released to his sister on Tinian as a third-party custodian.<\/p>\n

Chief Prosecutor Chester Hinds strongly opposed the motion for bail modification, arguing that a person convicted of drug charges is one of the members of the sister\u2019s household.<\/p>\n

Camacho found the proposed third-party custodian unsuitable and denied the request for bail modification.<\/p>\n

Following the bail hearing, Camacho remanded the defendant back to Department of Corrections custody.<\/p>\n

King was ordered to return to court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 14 while his arraignment was set for March 4.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint against King, an anonymous caller informed Tinian Department of Public Safety on Jan. 28 about a package containing meth that was arriving via Star Marianas. Police were told that the package was for King and was sent by his brother.<\/p>\n

On the same day, Tinian DPS, in coordination with the Division of Customs and Biosecurity, confirmed that a package had arrived at the Tinian airport for King.<\/p>\n

Police later determined that the package contained one gram of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

At approximately 2:58pm, King picked up the package at the airport.<\/p>\n

At 3:05pm, a police vehicle pulled King over and an officer found the package in the back seat of King\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n

During a search, a Customs officer found a crystal-like substance in a Ziploc bag covered with a paper towel inside a black pepper container. The substance later tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine,<\/p>\n

King, in a freely given statement to investigators, admitted that his brother sent the package, and that it contained meth.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The CNMI Guma Hustisia or CNMI Judiciary in Susupe.<\/p>\n

-KIMBERLY B. ESMORES
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