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Suspect in driver’s license scam case arrested again
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Posted on Jul 21 2011
Mohammad Jahangir Miah, one of the five suspects in a driver’s license scam at the Department of Public Safety, was arrested again on July 16 for allegedly threatening to hurt his former wife at a residence in As Lito.
Miah was arrested for disturbing the peace and contempt. He was eventually released from the Department of Corrections on July 18, according to the U.S. Probation Office.
Miah, however, also filed a complaint against his wife’s boyfriend, Calistro Crisostimo, who was arrested that same day, July 16. Miah complained that Crisostimo called him on the phone and threatened that if he brings his son again to his (Crisostimo) house, he would kill the boy.
U.S. Probation Officer Gregory F. Arriola stated in his report filed in the U.S. District Court for the NMI yesterday that Miah also called police last July 15 at 1:39am after someone allegedly threw something at the back side of his room, breaking the window.
Arriola said a responding police officer found marijuana debris on the ground and a marijuana plant was discovered at the back of the house. Arriola said that Miah denied owning the marijuana plant.
Arriola said the officer noted in his report that he destroyed the marijuana plant and discarded it in a trash bin.
The probation officer said that during his interview with Miah on July 18, Miah said he was arrested because he was not able to show to the police a court order that lifted a temporary restraining order issued against him to stay away from his former wife.
Arriola also said that Miah had stated that the officer took the marijuana plant as well as a black plastic bag that contained several marijuana branches. Arriola said that Miah alleged that the officer told him, “Don’t tell anyone, this is my own.”
Assistant U.S. attorney Kirk Schuler recently asked the court to detain Miah as he keeps violating his terms of pretrial release by committing other crimes.
Miah is currently on pre-trial release awaiting a Sept. 12, 2011, trial date in the driver’s license scam case. His four-co-defendants have already pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
