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Man accused of domestic violence gets suspended sentence
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Posted on Apr 19 2022
A man accused of domestic violence and disturbing the peace was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison, all suspended, and was placed on one year of probation.
Joey Daniel T. Maratita, 28, was also ordered to pay a $300 fine and is ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
He is also not allowed to have any harassing contact with the victim in the case and any contact at all with her minor children. The order was signed by Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio.
Maraitita was represented in court by Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig. The CNMI was represented by assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas.
According to court documents, Maratita “willfully and unreasonably annoyed or disturbed a household member” on June 1 last year by “grabbing her hair and pushing her onto the bed.”
The situation in the household was discovered after their young child wrote about it in her journal and informed her teacher, who then informed the Department of Youth Services.
The child reportedly divulged more details in a later interview.
