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Release OK’d for suspect in alleged beating of 70-year-old man
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Posted on Dec 14 2011
By Ferdie de la Torre
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Superior Court associate judge Joseph James Norita Camacho allowed yesterday a suspect in the beating up of a 70-year-old man in Dandan to post a $16,250 unsecured bond.
Camacho released Juan Laniyo Norita Jr. to his brother, Joseph Norita, who will serve as a third-party custodian.
Camacho said a person charged with a crime should not be denied freedom unless there is a good reason. “Any person accused of committing a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law,” he added.
Last week, Camacho denied Juan Norita’s request to post a property bond and be released to his wife. The judge determined that the wife was not a suitable third party custodian.
Last Friday, Camacho granted the request of Juan Norita’s co-defendant and son, Jerome K. Norita, to post a $16,250 unsecured bond and be released to two third party custodians.
The Office of the Attorney General opposed the motion to reduce bail.
Jerome Norita, 23, his 48-year-old father, Juan Norita Jr., and another man are accused of attacking 70-year-old Pantaleon P. De Jillas and his son, Ernie Matagolai De Jillas, on Dec. 2, 2011 at 7:19am, along Flame Tree Road in Dandan.
The prosecutor said Pantaleon De Jillas had just been involved in an accident and had stopped to render aid to a girl that he had hit with his pickup truck.
The defendants came and allegedly started punching and kicking the old man, fracturing the victim’s jaw.
As Ernie De Jillas approached to help his father, the defendants allegedly began hurling pieces of cinder block at him. One piece of the cinder block struck Ernie De Jillas in the ear, cutting him.
