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Man arrested for theft of bag with $14K inside
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Posted on Oct 02 2019
The Department of Public Safety arrested Newton Tmarsel last Sunday for alleged theft of a bag containing about $14,000 at the ViVi Wedding Photo in Garapan.
At about 11:51am that day police received a 911 call reporting a theft incident at the establishment and officers were dispatched to the scene.
At the scene, officers met with the caller who stated that a male individual walked into the establishment and took the victim’s blue Michael Kors bag with about $14,000 cash inside.
While at the scene a group of individuals directed the officers’ attention to an individual walking nearby, claiming that he was the person responsible for taking the bag from the establishment.
One of the officers secured the individual and placed him in the police car, as the other officer continued to take the victim’s statement.
The victim showed the officer the surveillance footage of the incident. The officer noticed at about 11:31am, a suspect with no shirt and gray pants entered the establishment’s front door and took the blue bag, before walking out and leaving the scene.
As the officer was reviewing the security footage a friend of the victim found the blue Michael Kors bag with about $1,470 still inside the bag after it had been tossed at the back of the building.
The second officer patted down the individual and found $1,345 in Tmarsel’s pocket. When the suspect was asked where was the rest of the money he stated that he did take the money to buy clothes. Tmarsel stated that he put some of the money in his pocket and hid the bag with some money behind the building. The suspect said he then made his way back to his apartment to change clothes. On the way home, Tmarsel said he saw a friend and gave his friend an unknown amount of money.
At 1:21pm, the officer then placed Tmarsel under arrest for theft.
The suspect was brought to the Commonwealth Health Center, where he was cleared, before he was transported to the Department of Corrections where he was booked and detained.
The CNMI Department of Public Safety highly encourages the public to call 911 anytime to report a crime or an emergency. (PR)
