Ex-Customs officer arrested for allegedly stalking ex-girlfriend

Police arrested on Thursday night in Kagman former Customs officer Dennis Masga Reyes for allegedly stalking his former girlfriend who is now married.

Reyes, 47, was taken to Superior Court on Friday for bail hearing on charges of stalking in the second degree, disturbing the peace, and criminal trespass.

Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio imposed a $5,000 cash bail and set the preliminary hearing for May 12 at 9am.

Assistant public defender Cindy Nesbit was appointed as counsel for Reyes. Assistant attorney general Barbara Cepeda appeared for the government.

Police Detective Myron O. Laniyo stated in his report that a police officer responded to a residence in Capital Hill last April 27 after the victim and her husband sought police assistance against Reyes.

Laniyo said investigation showed that the victim’s relationship with Reyes ended in January 2014 and that she asked him to leave her alone.

The victim then met her husband in February 2014. When the couple was still living on Gualo Rai, Reyes would allegedly drive in to their backyard in his vehicle, back out and leave.

Reyes would then call her that he wants to see her and that he still loves her. When she would look outside the house, she would see defendant’s vehicle leaving the backyard.

In February 2014, in one occasion in Gualo Rai at 2:30am, Reyes called her and told her that he could hear her moaning when she and her husband had sex.

Reyes would even told her the exact time they had sex.

She got scared and felt that Reyes was watching her every move. She begged him to leave her alone, but he insisted to see each other.

Shortly after, Reyes stopped bothering her. She then learned that he moved to the U.S. mainland and got married.

In April 2016, the victim said her mother told her that Reyes was back on the island.

Last May 3, a police officer responded to the victim’s house upon the couple’s complaint.

The husband told police that he was inside his house when he heard their dogs barking outside. When he went out, he saw the same Toyota pickup truck that usually parks outside their house, now parked in his driveway.

He confronted Reyes, who stated that his truck was overheating. Reyes then started the car and left. He then called the police.

Last Wednesday, the victim told police that the second incident caused her to have anxiety attacks, that she is nervous and afraid every time she sees a white Toyota pickup truck.

She told police she is afraid and fears for her children when they walk to and from the bus stop. She said she would not have her children play outside of their house for fear of what Reyes would do.