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Chemical for cooking meth lands woman in hot water
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Posted on Apr 29 2019
A woman was indicted in federal court last Friday for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to make methamphetamine through the so-called shake-and-bake method.
The indictment charged Joanne Marie Deleon Guerrero Castro with one count of conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used to make methamphetamine.
Castro, through her court-appointed counsel Robert T. Torres, pleaded not guilty last Friday morning.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona set Castro’s jury trial on July 2, 2019, at 10am.
Castro was released on an unsecured $100 bond. The judge okayed no location monitoring for Castro but only set some home detention requirements. Torres and assistant U.S. attorney Garth Backe agreed to this.
According to the indictment, between Aug. 12, 2017 and Jan. 25, 2018, Castro conspired with others to possess pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
The indictment also contains a notice that upon conviction of the controlled substance offense, Castro shall forfeit to the U.S. government any property constituting proceeds that defendant obtained as the result of such offense.
Last Wednesday, Manglona imposed a sentence of three years and five months of imprisonment on David Muna Sablan, who entered a guilty plea for leaving two bags in Garapan that were found to contain chemicals and items used in making methamphetamine or “ice” through the “shake-and- bake” method.
Last March 15, Manglona slapped Vincent David Cabrera Jr. and Eugene Repeki Jr. each with a sentence of 15 years imprisonment. They pleaded guilty to allegations that they were involved in a clandestine crystal methamphetamine or “ice laboratory” using the so-called shake-and -bake method.
