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Ishibashi violates release condition
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Posted on Jul 20 1999
Barely three days after the federal court sentenced him to 40 months of imprisonment, convicted drug dealer Kojo Ishibashi violated a condition for his temporary release prompting the court to revoke a release order and have him detained at the U.S. Marshal Service.
Ishibashi was sentenced Thursday, but District Court Judge Alex Munson set him free temporarily pending his prison transfer.
One of the conditions for his temporary release was that he participate in a drug rehabilitation program, submit to regular drug-tests, and refrain from committing another federal offense such as drug use.
However, when summoned for drug testing yesterday, Ishibashi was found in possession of a tiny bottle containing urine, which he later admitted belonged to someone else.
“It was circumstantially obvious that Mr. Ishibashi was going to submit urine samples from somebody else as a substitute for his own and have that tested,” U.S. Assistant Atty. David T. Wood said.
Authorities found that Ishibashi smoked “ice” prior to the drug-testing schedule thus he did not want to have his own urine tested.
Probation Officer Margarita Wonenberg said Ishibashi was brought to the court, where he admitted to violating a condition for his release.
“He is now with the US Marshal while awaiting his prison designation,” Wonenberg said.
Ishibashi, along with some other defendants, was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office after police authorities confiscated about 270 grams of crystal metamphetamine, commonly known as “ice,” which was shipped into Saipan in August 1998.
On Dec. 3 last year, Ishibashi pled guilty to charges of conspiracy, importation, possession and distribution of controlled substance.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office had charged Ishibashi for the 270 grams of “ice” which was imported into the CNMI, but Ishibashi claimed he was in possession of only 11 grams.
“The court made a determination that the actual amount that he possessed, as opposed to the amount that was imported, was the proper amount to count in relation to his sentencing,” Wood said.
