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Guam's Civil Defense Administrator, National Guard Lt. Col. Charles Esteves found guilty of simple assault, destruction of property in Washington, DC

Guam's Civil Defense Administrator, National Guard Lt. Col. Charles Esteves found guilty of simple assault, destruction of property in Washington, DC

Guam Office of Civil Defense Administrator Charles Esteves, a lieutenant colonel in the Guam National Guard, has been found guilty on misdemeanor charges of simple assault and destruction of property less than $1,000, in connection with assaulting a woman known to him in a Washington, D.C. hotel room in March.

A docket sheet for his domestic violence case in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shows Esteves was found guilty after a non-jury trial on Oct. 20.

A third charge of attempted threats to do bodily harm was dismissed by the court.

Esteves will be confined for 30 days, after 60 days of his 90-day sentence were suspended by the D.C. court, the docket shows.

He will face one year of probation, with a substance abuse and mental health assessment, as well as anger management classes as conditions.

He voluntarily flew to D.C. in May to face the charges, after a Guam woman accused him of choking her, urinating on her clothes, and threatening to kill her family.

A copy of the final judgment against Esteves, the long time head of Guam’s Civil Defense office, was not available for review through the D.C. court’s electronic filing system Tuesday.

His judgment and commitment order and a stay away order were filed with the court on Oct. 20.

Esteves remained employed with the Office of Civil Defense but was unavailable Tuesday due to “personal legal matters,” OCD spokesperson Jenna Blas said in a statement.

The office acknowledged the recent legal developments, Blas said.