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Retired CUC staff, wife indicted for ‘ice’
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Posted on Jun 20 2008
A retired Commonwealth Utilities Corp. employee and his wife were charged in federal court for selling methamphetamine or “ice” on Tinian.
Oscar M. King, 62, and Guihua Luo King, 33, also known as Mimi, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
According to the indictment, on or about April 12, 2008, the defendants conspired to distribute “ice” on Tinian. The two allegedly distributed and possessed 1.5 net grams of “ice.”
In yesterday’s hearing, Oscar King, who was with counsel Mark Hanson, pleaded not guilty.
Guihua King’s arraignment was continued for today following the request of her court-appointed counsel, John Osborn.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex R. Munson set the jury trial for Aug. 25, 2008.
Munson set no bail and remanded the defendants to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.
The King couple have been in detention at the Department of Corrections in Susupe after they were charged in the Superior Court for selling “ice” on Tinian.
Last April, Superior Court associate judge David Wiseman unsealed the case against the Kings.
Detective Anthony P. Borja stated in his report that a confidential informant had disclosed on April 11 that he was buying “ice” from the King couple.
Borja said they conducted a buy operation using the confidential informant at the couple’s room in Hong Kong apartment.
After the informant bought $30 worth of “ice” from the suspects, Borja said, they arranged for another buy worth $100.
The detective said that on April 12 they served a search warrant at the suspects’ apartment room where they seized $5,953 cash and 58 pieces of clear plastic straw filled with “ice.”
