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Woman charged with selling meth changes plea
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Posted on Aug 23 2008
A woman who was charged in federal court for selling methamphetamine or “ice” on Tinian has changed her plea to guilty.
According to the indictment, on or about April 12, 2008, Guihua Luo King, 33, also known as Mimi, and her husband, Oscar M. King, 62, conspired to distribute methamphetamine on Tinian. The two allegedly distributed and possessed 1.5 net grams of methamphetamine.
Guihua Luo King’s jury trial had been set for tomorrow when she initially pleaded guilty.
King was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment; fine of $1,000,000; a $100 special assessment; and a minimum term of supervised release for three years. Sentencing is set for Nov. 25.
Attorney Mark Hanson filed a motion to waive Oscar M. King’s right to a speedy trial. Oscar King, a former Commonwealth Utilities Corp. employee, is now set to stand trial Oct. 20.
Last April, Superior Court associate judge David Wiseman unsealed the case against the Kings.
Detective Anthony P. Borja stated in his report that a confidential informant had disclosed on April 11 that he was buying methamphetamine from the King couple.
Borja said they conducted a buy operation using the confidential informant at the couple’s room in Hong Kong apartment.
After the informant bought $30 worth of methamphetamine from the suspects, Borja said, they arranged for another buy worth $100.
The detective said that on April 12 they served a search warrant at the suspects’ apartment room where they seized $5,953 cash and 58 pieces of clear plastic straw filled with methamphetamine.
