Attorney General Douglas Moylan is asking the public’s help to identify and find a second person whom bomb threat defendant Kevin Galvez said also placed the phone calls that led to eight bomb scares last Thursday and Friday. According to the magistrates report leading to the several charges Mr. Galvez now faces in local court, he identified the person as his “friend.” No name was provided.
“We request from the public assistance on providing the identity of the ‘friend’ who was with Kevin Ventura Galvez whilst he made the bomb threats,” Mr. Moylan said in an email to the media. “If that person comes forward, it would be much better on that person than if GPD and the AG’s Office finds them in our ongoing investigation.”
According to the attorney general, Mr. Galvez faces 42 years in prison if convicted of the 25 counts of felonies and misdemeanors the prosecutor has brought against him.
The bomb threats, which upended commerce and tourism at the end of last week and caused a panic in several high-traffic locations, began with a 7:45 p.m. phone call to the Nikko Hotel on Thursday, June 5. The male caller called back later that night to make a second threat against the hotel.
Fifteen minutes after the first call to the Nikko, a bomb threat was made by phone to the Micronesia Mall.
The next morning, a male caller or male callers made phone called bomb threats to Guam Premier Outlets, Agana Shopping Center, Dusit Thani Resort, the Governor’s Office, and Guam Plaza Resort.
Though the locations receiving the calls noted the calls were coming from a blocked number, investigators were able to identify the number that called the governor’s office, according to the magistrates report. That number was linked to Mr. Galvez, according to the report.
Mr. Galvez waived his Miranda Rights and agreed to speak to investigators, the report states.
“During the interview, he admitted to making prank calls to Emergency 911 while intoxicated, claiming he was unaware of the seriousness of his actions,” the report states. “He made bomb threats to several establishments, stating he knew the threats were not real and had no intentions of harming anyone.”
The report states that it was in Mr. Galvez’s written statement where the defendant said he had a “friend” who made the calls with him.
“Galvez also stated that they didn’t mean to do it and they are sorry to Guam,” the report states.
