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Man gets 6-month prison term for receiving stolen Buddha statue
The second suspect in the burglary at a doctor’s house in Garapan last year has entered a guilty plea and was slapped with a six-month prison term.
Bruce M. Iglecias, 33, pleaded guilty on Tuesday afternoon to the offense of receiving stolen property.
Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo accepted Iglecias’ guilty plea and the plea agreement.
Govendo sentenced the defendant to one year in prison, all suspended except six months.
The defendant was given credit of 180 days for time served. It means that he will be released from the Department of Corrections on April 6, 2016 at 8am.
After his release, the defendant will be placed on probation for one year. He was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, $25 for court costs, and $100 for probation service fee.
Iglecias was required to perform 300 hours of community work service, stay away from the residence of Dr. Chao Hon Chiu during the probationary period, and write a letter of apology to the victim.
The defendant was required to complete drug and alcohol counseling and is prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages during the probationary period.
Assistant attorney general Heather P. Barcinas appeared for the government. Attorney Daniel Guidotti served as counsel for the defendant.
According to the factual basis of the plea deal, Iglecias received a Buddha statue knowing that it has been stolen from the owner, Chiu, between Aug. 23 to 26, 2015.
Iglecias’ co-defendant, Patrick Nick H. Muna, 19, pleaded guilty in November 2015 to theft and burglary in connection with the burglary at Chiu’s house and stealing a battery from a Federal Emergency Management Agency’s generator.
Muna was slapped with a prison term of three years and six months for both cases.
Muna admitted that he and Iglecias were behind the burglary at Chiu’s house last Aug. 24.
Police said Muna and Iglecias were also responsible for the burglary at Flor’s Hair Salon and Girl Talk in the same one-storey commercial building on Beach Road, Garapan.
Chiu’s house is located behind the same commercial building.
