Douglas Moylan to seek maximum 35 year prison sentence
The following message is from the Office of the Attorney General of Guam:
The Attorney General wishes to thank the 12 jurors for their having rendered a guilty verdict this this week protecting our community in People v. Jesse Pinaula, CF185-23. We also wish to thank Judge Vernon P. Perez for presiding over this felony jury trial.
The prosecutors who successfully presented the evidence to protect our Community were Acting Chief Prosecutor Heather Zona (489-3850, [email protected]) and Matthew Shuck ([email protected]). The Criminal Investigator who helped prosecute our case was Investigator Jason Lujan. Alternate Public Defender Peter J. Santos lost his case.
A Jury of 12 law-abiding citizens among us, unanimously decided that Mr. Jesse Pinaula violated the law by being in Possession of a Schedule II Substance (meth, 3rd degree felony), and Illegally in Possession of Firearm Without a Valid Firearms ID (3rd degree felony). Since he was on release it carried with it a special allegation of felony on felony release (additional 5-25 yrs. jail time). Defendant has a lengthy criminal history. The Jury quickly returned a verdict in about five hours. Please find the attached magistrate complaint, motion to incarcerate & indictment. Judge Perez’s sentencing for Mr. Pinaula is forthcoming & we will seek the maximum sentence from Judge Perez of 35 years.
This verdict is another victory by this “toughest on crime” AG’s Office. Notably, this case involved a defendant released by a Judge only to go on to commit 2 add’l. crimes endangering us. It is another meth-related crime involving a dangerous firearm that could have been used against us and our loved ones. The dangerous cycle of “catch – release & reoffend” must stop. This AG and our Prosecution Team is committed to protecting our community and fighting to imprison bad guys who would do us harm. We also thank GPD Chief Stephen Ignacio & his hard-working men & women officers who daily catch these criminals to protect us. Had this defendant been kept in jail, he would not have been able to have a firearm & meth, which are both known to be involved in causing additional violent crimes against us and our loved ones.
2 Comments
TJ
06/01/2023 at 3:45 PM
As a victim of a drug related crime who now lives in fear due to the fact that the criminal is on Electronic Monitoring in the comfort of their home and could easily attack again before law enforcement response, I’m happy to see repeat offenders get the book thrown at them. If you have a bleeding heart for these scum it’s because you haven’t been violated yet or you are one of them. If you are one of them or support them, I hope you think twice because there’s no excuse for the initial crimes and even less for repeats. Blame yourself and take responsibility and fix yourself otherwise you will wind up in a world of hurt.
J. Garner
06/01/2023 at 4:54 PM
As a victim of a habitual criminal, a repeat offending theif and assaulter, Jude Donovan Santos, I can only agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments.
Judge Sisson let him go after he was caught by the police gor another crime. Judge Perez let him go twice, after sternly warning Santos to check in with probation. He was on probation when he stole from me and later assaulted me, and later stole from me again. He has never reported to probation.
Is there any way to hold Judge Sisson and Judge Perez accountable for the crimes committed by the habitual criminals they release again and again?
Judges Perez and Sisson’s “catch and release” policies should be stopped. They should be removed from the bench because their rulings hurt everyone on Guam, except violent ice smoking criminals.
I congratulate AG Moylan on his excellent work.