Man gets 46 months in prison in ‘ice’ case

Posted on May 01 2015

Tag: Clyde Lemons, Drug Enforcement Administration, Firearms Explosives, Guam Police Department

Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Albert Portusach Mendiola Jr., 32, of Tamuning, Guam, was sentenced on April 28, 2015, before Senior Judge Alex R. Munson, in the District Court of Guam, to 46 months imprisonment, three years supervised release and 50 hours community service.

Mendiola pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Mendiola was arrested on Dec. 5, 2012, with 9.7 grams of methamphetamine. He also had an electronic scale, several cut straws, and plastic baggies in his possession.

This investigation involved federal agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, and officers from the Guam Police Department. The case was prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorney Clyde Lemons, Jr. (USAO)

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