THE juvenile who was reported to be involved in the assault incident on Oct. 29 in Chinatown filed an assault complaint against Steven Koch on Nov. 5, Variety learned.
Asked about the complaint, Department of Public Safety spokesman Dre Pangelinan on Wednesday said it had been forwarded to the Attorney General’s office.
Chief Prosecutor Chester Hinds, for his part, said the criminal division is looking into the complaint and will issue a separate statement soon.
Tiepo A. Nikiti 21, and Rep. Vicente Castro Camacho, 60, were each charged by the AG’s office with assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
Represented by attorney Michael White, Camacho pled not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.
Camacho will return to court for a status conference on Jan. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in the courtroom of Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio.
The arraignment for Camacho’s co-defendant, Nikiti, was rescheduled for Nov. 29, at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, Nikiti and Camacho, on Oct. 29, “did willfully and unreasonably annoy or disturb Steven L. Koch and/or [his daughter] Melanie C. Koch, depriving them of their right to peace and quiet, to wit: defendant approached Steven L. Koch and Melanie C. Koch, while they were walking on a public street, in a threatening manner and engaged in a physical confrontation with Steven L. Koch, in violation of 6 CMC § 3101(a).”
Moreover, Nikiti and Camacho, “on or about Oct. 29, did unlawfully strike, beat, wound, or otherwise caused bodily harm to Steven L. Koch, to wit: defendants did strike Steven L. Koch with his hand, in violation of 6 CMC § 1202(a).”
Another co-defendant, was reported to be a 14-year-old juvenile.
Koch suffered abrasions, bruising, and pain on his head and body from the blows, and was taken to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. for examination.
On Nov. 1, Koch, his wife and daughter sought a temporary restraining order to prevent Camacho and three other individuals “from engaging in any further physical harm, disturbance, harassment, blocking, threats and verbal abuse.”
On Nov. 12, Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho found cause for domestic violence, and granted a temporary restraining order and one-year protective order against Camacho, Ignacio “Ike” S. Concepcion, Fiel Reynaldo Ortiz, and Tiepo A. Nikiti.
The order of protection will be valid through Nov. 8, 2022, unless extended by the court.
The assault incident stemmed from a long-standing animosity between Koch and his brother-in-law, Ignacio ‘Ike” Concepcion, and took place near the homes of Koch and Concepcion on Freedom Drive, Chinatown around 11 p.m. on Oct. 29, 2021.
