3 arrested in connection with Agat raid

by Mindy Aguon

Guam - Three Agat residents were arrested by Criminal Investigation Division agents following the execution of a search warrant in Agat on Thursday. CID agents were conducting a burglary investigation at a home near Chalan Sulla in Agat.     

When agents entered the home on Thursday morning, they found unsanitary and deplorable living conditions that were so bad the Guam Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Public Health and Social Services was contacted.  Piles and piles of trash was found both in and out of the home and agents had to use shovels to move things around inside the house while others wore hazardous material suits as they were looking for stolen items believed to be from burglaries.  

On Thursday, police arrested:

• Roland James Santos, 43, on 3 counts of burglary, possession of a Scheduled II Controlled Substance, 3 counts possession of a firearm without a Firearms ID, 3 counts illegal transfer of a firearm, 2 counts conspiracy to commit illegal transfer, and 2 counts of child abuse
• Jacob Flores Mesa, 21, was arrested for illegal transfer of a firearm, theft by receiving stolen property, guilt established by complicity, criminal facilitation and unsworn falsification
• Ana Manglona Mesa, 40, for 2 counts of child abuse, conspiracy to commit burglary, and conspiracy to commit theft of property

The child abuse charges stem from the squalor living conditions at the home where a 5-year-old and 16-year-old also reside.  Child Protective Services was contacted to intervene on the children's behalf.