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Rota cop arrested for allegedly sexually abusing minor girl for years
A police officer was arrested on Rota yesterday for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl since she was 9 years old.
Police said the girl had confessed to a teacher that she does not know what to do and that sometimes she wants to end her life.
Police Officer Melvin Maratita Manglona, 48, was served with an arrest warrant on charges of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
Manglona was taken yesterday afternoon before Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho, who imposed a $100,000 cash bail.
Preliminary hearing will be on Aug. 23 at 1:30pm.
Assistant public defender Cindy Nesbit was appointed as counsel for Manglona. Assistant attorney general Jonathan Robert Glass Jr. appeared for the government.
Rota Police Detective Chloe Hocog stated in her report that she started the investigation on Tuesday at noon after she received information that a school principal filed a complaint about a sexual abuse involving a police officer.
Hocog said in an interview the girl stated that Manglona has been sexually abusing her since she was 9 years old and that the recent sexual encounter happened just last Thursday, Aug. 11.
The girl stated that Manglona picked her up from her sister’s house in the morning and drove her to a baseball field, where he sexually abused her in the vehicle.
Hocog said according to a teacher, the girl walked into her classroom on Monday, where she typed on her phone about how hard it was for her to talk to anyone about her situation.
The girl then implied to the teacher about the person who sexually abused her.
The teacher disclosed that the girl had sent her text messages throughout summer break this year about her problems with a certain boy and that she cannot stand what was going on.
The teacher later found out that the boy the student was referring to was Manglona.
The teacher then notified the school’s principal about the case.
