{"id":410649,"date":"2024-06-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=410649"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Frahm-poses-a-flight-risk-ordered-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Frahm-poses-a-flight-risk-ordered-detained\/","title":{"rendered":"Frahm poses a flight risk, ordered detained"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. District Court for the NMI has ruled in favor of the U.S government to detain David Matthew Frahm pending trial after evidence established that he\u2019s a flight risk.<\/p>\n

Last week, the U.S. government made a motion to detain Frahm pending trial.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the parties in the Frahm case went before U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona for a detention hearing.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, the U.S government, represented by assistant U.S. attorney Eric O\u2019Malley, presented testimony from FBI Special Agent Richard Bauer and made arguments in favor of Frahm\u2019s detention.<\/p>\n

For the defense\u2019s side, attorney Richard Miller made arguments to the court in support of Frahm\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

After hearing from the parties, the court granted the government\u2019s motion for detention and ordered defendant detained pending trial.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that defendant is a flight risk,\u201d court found.<\/p>\n

However, the court also found that the government failed to satisfy the \u201cclear and convincing\u201d standard that the defendant is a danger to the community or any other person.<\/p>\n

Also, during the hearing, Miller made an oral motion to extend the pretrial motions deadline to June 28.<\/p>\n

Without objection from the U.S. government, the court granted the oral motion and ordered that pretrial motions for both parties are now due June 28.<\/p>\n

Frahm was remanded back to U.S. Marshals\u2019 custody following the hearing and he will remain detained until his trial set for August.<\/p>\n

According to Saipan Tribune<\/em> archives, Frahm, a former local high school band teacher, is facing child pornography charges in federal court.<\/p>\n

After he arrived on Saipan last week following a successful extradition from Malaysia, Frahm was brought before U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Manglona for an initial appearance and arraignment in a case involving child pornography.<\/p>\n

Specifically, in this case, Frahm faces charges of attempted exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography, and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.<\/p>\n

He pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him.<\/p>\n

After pleading not guilty, Manglona set the matter for a jury trial on Aug. 13 at 10am.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Miller said he intends to file a motion to dismiss the engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places charge against Frahm based on lack of venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if the court has jurisdiction over the defendant for count three, there\u2019s still the question \u2018why Saipan\u201d when the conduct took place in Malaysia. On the face of the indictment, it\u2019s not clear. Sometimes venue is obvious on the face of the indictment, and that\u2019s enough. But here, it\u2019s just not obvious in count three so I expect we will file a motion on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Frahm pleaded guilty before a court in Malaysia last month to possessing child pornography.<\/p>\n

In addition, Frahm pleaded not guilty to the sexual harassment charges filed against him after allegedly producing sexual material when he allegedly filmed a minor showering in her home.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

David Matthew Frahm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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