by Mindy Aguon

Guam - Officers from the Guam Police Department's Agat Precinct have arrested Captain Mark Charfauros for solicitation to commit assault as a felony. The arrest stems from a complaint that was filed against the police captain by Officer Burt Carbullido, who claims he was solicited by Charfauros to "deck a guy in Yona".

Charfauros was arrested on Saturday evening and will spend the weekend in jail, until he is magistrated in the Superior Court of Guam on Monday afternoon.

His defense attorney, Curtis Van De Veld, says the arrest is the result of "the internal police infighting", and that he is "digusted", adding, "unlike every other police arrest, officers did not attempt to gather a statement from his client. He also alleges the police chief was not informed of the arrest.

Van De Veld also questions why Office Carbullido waited so long to file the complaint, when the alleged solicitation occured in late-November. (Carbullido filed the complaint earlier this month.)

This is the second time the police captain has been arrested in less than a week. Earlier he was arrested for criminal trespass and official misconduct for allegedly trespassing on a Yona man's property. The resident, Frank Balajadia, claims Charfauros was trespassing on his property to get to a home he was trying to rent from Balajadia's ex-sister-in-law. Charfauros denies trespassing, saying he went there with Department of Public Works staffers to find a public easement to access the home.

According to Carbullido, he identified the individual in question as Balajadia.

GPD officials have not provided any comment about the arrest.