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Proceedings against ex-OPA staff in theft case suspended
Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho suspended yesterday the proceedings in the theft case filed against a former Office of the Public Auditor employee.
Camacho ordered that the case against Violita Agulto Diaz be taken off-calendar and that the status conference scheduled for Feb. 28 ibes vacated.
Camacho ordered the suspension of the proceedings at the Office of the Attorney General’s request on Wednesday.
In the government’s motion, assistant attorney general Heather P. Barcinas disclosed that Diaz was accepted into the Adult Diversion Program under the Office of Adult Probation.
Barcinas said the government and the defense will be executing an adult diversion program agreement that will be filed with the court.
Diversion means the OAG is not going for conviction. Rather, a defendant will pay a certain amount and perform community service, and other conditions if he or she qualifies under the program.
If Diaz completes the program, she will not have a criminal conviction.
Last October, OAG filed an information charging Diaz of stealing $900 from OPA. The defendant allegedly took the money from OPA’s petty cash on Aug. 8, 2016. Diaz was at the time an employee of OPA.
Diaz was not arrested as she was only summoned to appear in court.
