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OAG reduces charges vs defendants in Marpi robbery
The Superior Court granted on Monday the Office of the Attorney General’s request to reduce from three to just one the charge filed against two men suspected of robbing three female tourists along Banzai Cliff Road in Marpi.
Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho allowed the OAG to file a first amended information charging Alvin Iguel Blas and Jazzy Kulas Rosokow each with one count of robbery.
That carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
The original information charged 28-year-old Blas and 39-year-old Rosokow each with robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and disturbing the peace.
The three offenses carry a total maximum sentence of 20 years and six months.
Assistant attorney general Heather P. Barcinas said the information is being reduced to a single count of robbery as to each defendant for purposes of non-trial disposition.
Barcinas contended that the amendment will neither unduly prejudice Blas and Rosokow nor compromise these proceedings.
If the defendants withdraw their “guilty” plea, the government will be reinstating all the charges against them.
Blas, a then-bakery employee, was first arrested a few hours after the robbery that occurred in the afternoon last May 14. A video taken during the incident by another tourist led to the identification of the suspects’ getaway car and Blas.
Police said that Blas confessed; that resulted in the arrest of Rosokow last May 22.
Police said it was Blas who grabbed the backpack of a female tourist and ran to a white Hyundai Accent. During the struggle, the car dragged the tourist, causing injuries.
Police said that, according to Blas, it was Rosokow who was the car’s driver and planned the robbery. Rosokow is Blas’ brother-in-law.
Rosokow is a beach volleyball player who then-worked as a tour guide.
