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Man is booted from drug court, pleads guilty plea to possession
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Posted on Nov 04 2019
A man was terminated from the CNMI Drug Court Program and pleaded guilty to illegal possession of methamphetamine.
Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa K. Kim-Tenorio said that Milton Borja Camacho will not continue with the Drug Court Program.
Camacho, 38, waived his constitutional rights and pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a controlled substance.
Kim-Tenorio set a status conference in Camacho’s case for Nov. 7 before Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan.
According to the factual basis of the plea agreement, Camacho was found in possession of crystal methamphetamine on April 21, 2016.
The offense carries a maximum sentence of not more than five years imprisonment, not subject to suspension, parole or probation, and a fine of $2,000.
Camacho was first arrested on Oct. 31, 2016, by the CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force for trafficking and illegal possession of methamphetamine.
The arrest was made after Camacho allegedly sold $160 worth of “ice” to the Drug Enforcement Task Force’s “cooperating source” during a sting operation at his home in Chalan Kanoa on April 21, 2016.
Upon his arrest, Camacho agreed to serve as a confidential informant in exchange for his release on own recognizance. The court granted the authorities’ request for Camacho’s release.
But in June 2017, assistant attorney general Chester Hinds, counsel for the government, asked the court to revoke Camacho’s release for failure to help law enforcers with investigations.
The court granted the government’s motion and Camacho was re-arrested in June 2017.
Camacho was then later allowed to participate in the CNMI Drug Court Program, which requires two years to complete.
Camacho, however, tested positive for drug use after failing his urinalysis test several times. This prompted Hinds to move Camacho’s termination from the Drug Court Program.
Camacho did not deny the positive tests, but asked the court to give him more time.
Kim-Tenorio denied Camacho’s request as he has already been given many chances.
Sean Frink served as the court-appointed counsel for Camacho.
