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Cop sentenced to time served for beating





 (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the NMI) — Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, U.S. attorney for the Districts of Guam and the NMI, announced that defendant Francisco S. Pangelinan was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the NMI to time served, followed by a three-year term of supervised release with conditions that he not possess a firearm. He will also perform 100 hours of community service.
Pangelinan will serve an additional six months of house arrest on top of the eight months house arrest he had already completed.
 His sentence was a result of a plea agreement filed Jan. 18, 2012 for deprivation of rights under color of law.
The conviction stemmed from a three-count indictment which charged Pangelinan with deprivation of rights under color of law, in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 242.
On July 26, 2010, then a police officer, Pangelinan unlawfully sprayed Felipe Kalen with pepper spray.
At sentencing, Pangelinan apologized to Kalen and acknowledged that he exceeded the force needed to deal with an ongoing argument at that time.
Kalen accepted the apology and stated in court that he forgave the defendant.
Pangelinan is no longer employed by the CNMI Department of Public Safety.
The case was investigated by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Frederick A. Black.