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Poker arcade guard killed
Homicide, 2 robberies happen in Dandan in a month
The death of a security guard at a poker arcade in Dandan, who was found with massive injuries last March 16, has been ruled a homicide.
Guam chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola, who did an autopsy last Friday, had determined that the victim, Jim Nimwes, 47, a Chuuk national, died due to blunt force trauma.
“This case is under investigation,” said acting Department of Public Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong yesterday.
According to Tarkong, police responded last March 16 at 10:01am to a report of an injured person south of JL Poker along Dandan Road.
Witnesses told police officers and responding medics that they discovered Nimwes with injuries under a tree near JL Poker.
An ambulance from the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services brought the victim to the Commonwealth Health Center emergency room for treatment.
The following day, March 17, at 9:17pm, Dr. Florence Shenker pronounced Nimwes dead due to massive injuries, Tarkong said.
Police confirmed via video surveillance that Nimwes was last seen leaving his work at JL Poker at about 5am last March 16.
DPS and NMI Crime Stoppers are seeking the public’s help for information as to who was behind the attack on Nimwes.
Saipan Tribune asked Tarkong why the information was released only yesterday when the incident happened last March 16, but there was no reply from the officer as of press time.
Two armed robberies have happened in Dandan in a month. No one has been arrested in both cases.
Last Friday night, a storeowner and his wife were injured when a masked man armed with a machete and a handgun that is believed to be a toy robbed the 7 Star Market along Dandan Road. The suspect, who is believed to be injured, ran off with an undetermined amount of cash.
Last Feb. 20 at night, a masked man pointed a handgun at a storeowner and sprayed the victim with pepper mace during a robbery at LZ Market, also located along Dandan Road. The suspect managed to escape with $800 in cash.
The guard’s killing is the first homicide case in the CNMI this year.
Last year, one homicide was reported when 59-year-old Chinese farmer Liqian Ding was found lifeless outside his house in As Lito on July 16. The case remains unsolved.
