A measure of justice prevailed this afternoon, when the local grand jury charged Frankie Rosalin – the lieutenant governor’s brother in law – with a crime. We can thank Douglas Moylan and his team of investigators and prosecutors for delivering what seemed would never happen. They are the only people we can thank. No thanks whatsoever to everyone else who could have done something, and didn’t; except of course to the alleged victim in the case who had the courage to file a complaint.
The disorderly conduct charge stems from a March 12 incident and complaint by Port Authority of Guam general manager Rory Respicio. Mr. Respicio alleged that on that morning, Mr. Rosalin argued with him in the GM’s office before flying into a fit of rage, terrorizing Mr. Respicio, then punching holes into the door.
KUAM’s Nick Delgado, who broke both the initial story and tonight’s news about the grand jury charge, wrote that the majority of the jurors did not agree with charging Mr. Rosalin with the other crimes the Office of the Attorney General brought before the grand jury. Those, according to Mr. Delgado’s report, included terrorizing, assault, criminal mischief, and harassment.
Grand jury proceedings are sealed, and its jurors are never supposed to be known to the public. It is, therefore, difficult to ascertain why the majority of the jurors did not indict Mr. Rosalin for any of the felony allegations.
It would be tempting to blame Mr. Moylan, and his critics already are. But, take a step back and objective minds will realize that this case was destined to evade criminal justice had it not been for him.
This is the thirtieth day since Mr. Rosalin allegedly terrorized Mr. Respicio and destroyed public property. He was never arrested. He was allowed to return to work for days following the incident. Over the past 30 days, elements of the establishment pushing against the public tide and in defense of his brother in law, Lieutenant Governor Joshua Tenorio, have been busy harassing anyone trying to assist criminal justice. Those lurking in the shadows have been online slandering and cyber bullying pawns in this political game. Every effort has been made – every stop has been pulled – to cover this up in much the same way the elite and the powerful tried to cover up Ray Tenorio’s gun-pulling incident, and the Red Jeep case.
Thank goodness Douglas Moylan hates corruption.
Taking a step back, we can see that every person who had this case prior to Mr. Moylan is responsible for justice delayed and charges denied.
Why didn’t port police arrest Mr. Rosalin the same day Mr. Respicio filed his allegations? Anyone else would have been arrested. That arrest would have triggered a 48-hour clock that likely would have led to the OAG filing charges before a magistrate judge, and felonies going to trial. This is Ray Tenorio’s block party scandal all over again. Any one else would have been arrested – or worse – on the spot for pulling a police officer’s hand gun from his holster. Had Mr. Tenorio been arrested on July 4, 2018, he would have been magistrated no later than July 6 that year and he would have faced felony charges in a trial.
But he wasn’t arrested. Much like Mr. Rosalin’s case, he was treated differently than others would have been treated.
Now that the Rosalin incident will have its day in court, we urge the attorney general to turn his attention to the statements Mr. Respicio made in that complaint that give us a glimpse into what so many of us have suspected all along: corruption that leads to Adelup. And I want to be more focused and clear here: Mr. Respicio’s recounting of his argument with Mr. Rosalin makes implications against the lieutenant governor, and not Governor Lou Leon Guerrero.
Indeed, the more that we look into the misdeeds of this administration, the more our eyes are opened to a growing mound of evidence that it has not been Ms. Leon Guerrero behind the obvious cronyism and corruption that has festered, but her lieutenant governor.
In Mr. Respicio’s March 12, 2025 criminal complaint against Mr. Rosalin, he wrote, “I told Frankie to stop whatever issues were being stirred up between him, Charissa Tenorio [Josh Tenorio’s only sibling]–his significant other–and me, because this has been going on for two years.”
What has been going on for two years? This is a question for which the attorney general must seek answers. What were Mr. Rosalin and Ms. Tenorio allegedly stirring up, and for whose benefit?
“I reminded him of an incident when Charissa came to my office demanding to speak with [name of port employee redacted],” Mr. Respicio wrote in another part of the criminal complaint. “When I called [redacted name] in, Charissa immediately lashed out at her, saying ‘F*** you for everything. You’re not grateful for what my brother did for you. You should be grateful to him and me. You owe my brother, and you owe me.'”
Why would the lieutenant governor and his sister allegedly feel entitled to loyalty from a classified government employee? Why is the lieutenant governor’s sister allegedly throwing her weight around a Cabinet member’s office, and allegedly harassing a classified employee with overtures of loyalty?
And why are port operations allegedly so important to the only sibling of the lieutenant governor? What is happening at the Port Authority of Guam that the lieutenant governor’s family allegedly would risk his political future in such a way?
I’ll bet you Mr. Moylan has a working theory, witnesses, and a trail of breadcrumbs to follow.
And then there’s this portion of Mr. Respicio’s complaint: “Frankie responded, ‘I was put here to tell you who you should be close to and not close to, but you’re not listening.'”
Adelup has denied “placing” Mr. Rosalin at the seaport to “watch” Mr. Respicio. But if Mr. Respicio is accurately retelling what Mr. Rosalin said, we have to wonder why Mr. Rosalin said that and what exactly did he mean? Why would a marina manager – that is Mr. Rosalin’s position at the seaport – have the power to instruct his boss the general manager who he “should be close to and not close to”? Why are allegedly rogue officials on the docks, in port police, and human resources so intent on protecting whatever this is?
We have a guess. We’re just grateful that Douglas Moylan very likely is running all this down.
Don’t stop, Mr. Attorney General. There’s something happening there. A big pot of smelly, rancid chorizos pakpak is boiling over, and we need you to find it and throw it out. Because, if not you, then who will find justice for us all?
