DHL heir and convicted drug trafficker Larry Hillbroom Jr is set to leave today, December 28, to undergo addiction therapy, according to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Ernestine Rengiil, Attorney General said, “Hillbroom is scheduled to leave tomorrow morning (December 28) for his rehab in California.” Hillbroom was convicted in June of trafficking methamphetamine here […]
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Gates acquitted, jury overturned
Judge in a rare instance, overturned a jury’s guilty verdict and cleared defendant Nicanor Gates of the Crime of Conspiracy to Trafficked Controlled Substance in a Judgment of Acquittal issued on November 11, 2018. Defendant Nicanor Gates, a Palauan living in California, was criminally charged in August after a package he sent from California to […]
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Court permits DHL heir to undergo addiction treatment off-island
DHL heir Larry Imeong Hillbroom Jr.’s was permitted by Associate Justice Lourdes Materne to leave Palau to undertake drug addiction treatment instead of serving jail term for violation of his probation. Materne , ruling from the bench on Tuesday, considered Hillbroom’s wealth as a factor to her decision to allow him to seek treatment for […]
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Palau’s top leaders express disappointment on Hillbroom case outcome
Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. and Vice President and Justice Minister Raynold Oilouch both expressed their disappointment on the recent outcome of DHL Heir Larry Imeong Hillbroom’s drug trafficking case. Remengesau, during a press conference on Wednesday, July 4, said that the plea agreement between the court and defendant Hillbroom on the Conspiracy to Traffic […]