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Tinian DLNR staff arrested for allegedly selling ‘ice’
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Posted on May 01 2017
An equipment operator of Tinian Department of Lands and Natural Resources was arrested on Friday morning for allegedly engaging in the sale of methamphetamine or “ice” on the island.
Tinian police served an arrest warrant on the 53-year-old Victor San Nicolas Shai at the DLNR office on charges of trafficking and illegal possession of controlled substance.
At a hearing on Friday late afternoon, Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho imposed a $100,000 cash bail and set the preliminary hearing for May 28 at 9am.
Assistant public defender Nancy Dominski was appointed as counsel for Shai. Assistant attorney general Jonathan Wilberscheid appeared for the government.
Tinian Police Detective Peter H. Palacios Jr. stated in his report that on Oct. 1, 2016 a confidential informant disclosed that he has been buying “ice” from Shai ranging from $10 to $50.
Palacios said during the “controlled buy operation” the confidential informant met with Shai in the parking lot of a poker establishment that night.
Shai and the confidential informant walked to the backside of the establishment, where the defendant allegedly handed the $50 worth of “ice.”
