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Two men in ‘ice’ case plead guilty
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Posted on Oct 01 2008
Two men facing separate “ice” cases entered a guilty plea in the Superior and District Courts yesterday.
Greg Twelbang Magofna pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a controlled substance in the Superior Court, while Manuel Aldan Sablan pleaded guilty to distribution and possession, with intent to distribute a controlled substance in the U.S. District Court for the NMI.
Superior Court Associate Judge Ramona V. Manglona sentenced Magofna to 55 days in prison, with credit for the 55 days he has already spent in prison.
Following a plea agreement, Manglona placed Magofna on three years of supervised release and required him to pay a $1,000 fine, $100 court assessment fee, and $100 annual probation fee.
The judge ordered Magofna to perform, among other things, 100 hours of community service and attend a substance abuse counseling.
According to the plea agreement, on Oct. 30, 2007, Magofna unlawfully possessed less than a gram of “ice.”
In Sablan’s case, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex Munson set the sentencing for Jan. 6, 2009, at 9am.
The plea agreement stated that on Dec. 1, 2007, Sablan knowingly aided the distribution of “ice.” The total quantity of “ice” involved was less than 250 net milligrams.
Sablan, Lawrence Kalen, and Greggory Kalen were indicted with one count of conspiracy to distribute “ice”, and two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute “ice.”
According to the indictment, the three conspired to distribute “ice” on Dec. 1 to 13, 2007.
On Dec. 1, the defendants allegedly distributed 0.17 grams of “ice” and on Dec. 13 distributed 0.10 grams of “ice.”
Greggory and Lawrence Kalen had already pleaded guilty to distribution and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Both are awaiting sentencing.
