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Wanted man falls
Police arrested last Saturday night Vincent S. Camacho, a 32-year-old man wanted for assaulting a woman with a plastic chair and a cassette radio in As Perdido.
Camacho was served with an arrest warrant in Falapi last Saturday at 6:28pm on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, criminal mischief, disturbing the peace, and interference with a domestic violence report.
Camacho was taken yesterday for a bail hearing before Superior Court Associate Judge Kenneth L. Govendo, who imposed a $25,000 cash bail on him.
Preliminary hearing will be on April 30 at 1:30pm. Assistant public defender Heather Zona was appointed as his counsel. Assistant attorney general Jonathan Robert Glass Jr. appeared for the government.
Last Thursday, the Department of Public Safety issued a press release that sought the public’s assistance for information on the whereabouts of Camacho.
A police officer responded to an assault and battery incident in Chalan Kanoa last April 15 at 11:54pm.
The officer met with a woman who claimed that her boyfriend, Camacho, beat her up and another person.
The officer learned that there was a small gathering at the residence of Camacho’s girlfriend in As Perdido. Camacho allegedly threw a can of beer at a woman’s face, causing her to fall.
Camacho then began hitting the woman’s head with a plastic chair and a cassette recorder. The report did not specify how Camacho is related to the woman.
Camacho’s girlfriend tried to stop him, but instead he slammed his girlfriend on the floor.
A 15-year-old child of Camacho’s girlfriend also tried to stop Camacho from beating the woman. Camacho, however, also allegedly slammed the child to the floor.
Later, Camacho also tried to punch the woman’s son, who tried to call the police. Camacho grabbed the phone from the child and threw it on the road. The phone shattered.
The woman suffered a 1.5-centimeter laceration on the head. She also had bruising and swelling on the right eye. (Ferdie de la Torre)
