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Teenager allegedly stole car, found in possession of ‘ice’
A teenager was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine or “ice” after a police officer stopped a car that he stole from a parking lot of a poker establishment in Garapan on Wednesday.
Police said Mickey Ray G. Deleon Guerrero, 18, provided a written statement admitting to smoking “ice” and owning drug paraphernalia that were seized.
Deleon Guerrero also allegedly admitted to stealing the vehicle with another person, and recklessly driving it to elude arrest. The descriptions of the car were not indicated in the report.
Police Officer Adrian Mendiola, who stopped the car, immediately recognized the driver as it wasn’t the suspect’s first involvement in a theft of vehicle.
At a hearing yesterday, Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo imposed a $10,000 cash bail and set the preliminary hearing for May 11 at 9am.
Assistant public defender Michael Sato was appointed as counsel for Deleon Guerrero.
Police traffic investigator Norris Kwon stated in his report that a woman contacted the Department of Public Safety on Wednesday at 4am after her mother’s car was stolen.
Kwon said investigation showed that the woman parked her mother’s car on Wednesday at 12:30am at JL Poker Garapan, which was across from the house of her friend, whom she had visited.
After about three hours, the woman found out that the car was no longer in the parking lot.
At 11:43am on that same day, the woman contacted DPS and reported that she was following the stolen vehicle.
The victim told dispatch that the stolen car was driving at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner to elude her.
Police Officer Adrian Mendiola finally stopped the car at 11:51am by the traffic signal light intersection near Guangdong Hardware. Mendiola recognized the driver as Deleon Guerrero.
The rear license plate of the car was hidden inside the back seat of the vehicle.
Mendiola padded down Deleon Guerrero and found from his front pocket a pack of cigarettes containing a white straw with clear residue and a screwdriver.
Seized from the suspect’s right front pocket was a glass pipe with white burnt residue inside.
A police’s field test on the residue from the straw found positive for methamphetamine, police said.
