Ex-Sports and Rec official arrested for alleged possession of ‘ice,’ pot

Police arrested former Division of Sports and Recreation deputy director John B. Reyes Jr. on Friday for alleged possession of methamphetamine or “ice” and marijuana.

Reyes, 36, was arrested at a parking lot of a store in San Jose for illegal possession of controlled substances and illegal possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. He was taken to the Superior Court yesterday morning for a bail hearing.

According to a police report, Reyes’ three other companions—Juan Ada Tenorio, Lawrence Pangelinan, and Wonjoo Jung—were also arrested for illegal possession. It’s not clear whether a complaint will also be filed against them. The complaint was filed only against Reyes.

Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio imposed a $15,000 cash bail on Reyes and required him to have a third-party custodian.

Assistant attorney general Chester Hinds appeared for the government. Assistant public defender Michael Sato served as counsel for Reyes.

Police detective Jeffrey I. Norita stated in the complaint that the Department of Public Safety dispatched two patrol officers to a reported possible drug activity in-progress involving a Lexus car (license plate ACH-868) parked at San Jose Mart in San Jose on Friday at 5:27pm.

Another patrol officer also arrived and saw the first responding officer with Reyes standing in the parking lot of San Jose Mart, while Tenorio, Pangelinan, and Jung were all inside the Lexus.

The patrol officer saw a waist pouch that appeared bulky hanging over Reyes’ right shoulder. The officer asked Reyes if he had weapons inside the pouch.

Reyes said there’s nothing in his pouch and the officer is free to check it. Reyes opened the pouch himself and the officer saw several ziplock baggies inside. The officer got one ziplock that contained possible “ice” and Reyes said that a friend gave it to him. The officer then placed Reyes under arrest.

During a consented search, the three officers searched the Lexus and found one ziplock baggie containing possible “ice,” a rolled-up marijuana joint, and drug paraphernalia.

Norita said he tested the two baggies procured at the scene and both tested presumptive positive for “ice.”

Last November, Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo sentenced Reyes to three months in prison for shattering the driver’s side of a car with a baseball bat and assaulting the driver, Derek Reyes, at a stop light on Beach Road, Garapan on Sept. 2, 2012.