CNMI Department of Public Safety

After verifying Crime Stoppers tips and interviewing multiple people, DPS confirmed Tuesday that the decomposed body discovered near Airport Road belonged to Maria Edna Clarin, 48, of Afetna.

The CNMI Senate has taken the unprecedented step of suing Gov. David M. Apatang and DPS Commissioner Anthony Macaranas, arguing that the administration has bypassed constitutional checks by allowing Macaranas to serve without Senate confirmation.

An ICE detainee who died last month at the CNMI Department of Corrections was the same man accused of attacking a Saipan family who had been helping him translate his immigration paperwork, according to a man injured in the assault.

After hours of searching strong currents off Sugar Dock, responders recovered the body of a 52‑year‑old man who disappeared while swimming Monday morning.

Saipan Ice and Water truck driver Jimmy Pallada is facing vehicular homicide and other charges after DPS investigators concluded he failed to yield before a July 23 crash that killed a motorcyclist in Chalan Lau Lau, Saipan.

More than two weeks after a decomposed body was found near Airport Road in Saipan, investigators still have no name for the woman and no clear leads on how she died.

DPS is warning drivers to slow down and stay alert after a motorcyclist was killed Thursday in a collision investigators say was caused by a truck failing to yield.

CNMI authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify a woman found dead in a farm area near Airport Road on Monday, after nearby residents confirmed she was not from either of the neighboring family compounds.

DPS is working to identify a person whose decomposed remains were found at a farm off Airport Road in Saipan Monday morning, with few details yet released.

A roofing inspector conducting an authorized assessment in Navy Hill, Saipan, reported that a nearby resident fired a gun Monday afternoon, prompting a DPS investigation into the firearm discharge.