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Ambrosio Ogumoro arrested
Police arrested last night former Department of Public Safety deputy commissioner Ambrosio T. Ogumoro for corruption charges, Saipan Tribune learned.
“Yes, Ambrosio is in jail,” a lawyer confirmed but refused to elaborate.
Ambrosio T. Ogumoro
Multiple sources disclosed that the arrest of Ogumoro was a result of an investigation conducted by the Office of the Public Auditor.
Sources said OPA then referred the case to the Office of the Attorney General’s Investigation Unit.
Sources said the charges are theft of government property for personal benefit.
The charges stemmed from Ogumoro’s alleged illegal use of DPS property such as computer or laptop when he served as deputy commissioner or acting commissioner at DPS.
Sources refused to disclose more details, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Ogumoro is expected to be taken to Superior Court for his initial court appearance today, Tuesday.
Ogumoro has a pending criminal case after OPA charged him with 15 criminal offenses for his role in, among other things, shielding then-attorney general Edward Buckingham from being served with penal summons in August 2012.
Ogumoro has filed a petition asking the CNMI Supreme Court to restrain Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman from presiding over his criminal case.
Ogumoro, through counsel Edward C. Arriola, argued that Wiseman’s decision not to dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction is erroneous because there is neither a rational nor substantial legal argument to deny the CNMI Supreme Court’s order.
In March 2013, as soon as he arrived at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport from an official trip to inspect rescue boats in Canada, then-DPS deputy commissioner Ogumoro was handed a termination letter and was subsequently placed under house arrest in connection with shielding Buckingham.
