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AGIU arrests policeman
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Posted on Oct 20 2005
Operatives from the Attorney General’s Investigative Unit have arrested a policeman for allegedly bungling an investigation on the fatal mauling of a man who was involved in a vehicular collision with his alleged assailant.
CNMI chief prosecutor Jeffrey Moots said the AGIU arrested police officer Kui Rogopes on charges of misconduct in public office and accessory-after-the-fact in connection with the criminal case against one Daniel Kintaro Santos.
Santos is facing criminal charges over the fatal mauling of a Palauan man on Middle Road, Garapan across the Commonwealth Health Center last Aug. 15. Police had said that Santos mauled the victim after a vehicular collision, leaving the victim injured and unconscious. The victim, whose identity police did not disclose, died several days later at the hospital.
Moots said Rogopes made a false police report to conceal Santos’ involvement in that fatal mauling. He said AGIU operatives arrested Rogopes pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by the Superior Court.
Efforts to obtain other details regarding the case against Rogopes proved futile at press time, since the court’s docket reflected no criminal case being filed against Rogopes recently. But a news report aired over KMCV News said the AGO filed with the court the criminal information against Rogopes yesterday afternoon. Moots said Rogopes has posted bail for his temporary liberty.
