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2 immigration officers charged for detainee’s escape
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Posted on Dec 01 2005
The Attorney General’s Office has filed criminal charges against two immigration officers who were the assigned guards of a federal detainee that escaped from their custody at the Commonwealth Health Center.
Marvin R. Pangelinan, 34, and Frank Demapan Sablan, 38, were charged in Superior Court. Both were summoned to appear and answer the charges in court on Dec. 12 at 9 a.m.
Chief Prosecutor Jeffrey Moots stated in the information that on April 9, 2005, Pangelinan and Sablan, while having lawful custody of a prisoner, Chen Li Wu, negligently allowed the prisoner to depart from custody.
No other details were given in the criminal information.
Chen was charged in March 2005 in federal court with engaging in extortion to collect loan shark. While recovering from surgery in a room at CHC he escaped from his two on-duty Immigration detention guards.
The Department of Corrections has not released details on how Chen managed to escape.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation then joined local enforcers in hunting down Chen, whom the FBI considered a dangerous person.
It was not clear yet whether Chen is still a fugitive.
