The federal court has once again revoked the supervised release of an ex-convict whose probation had been revoked several times due to continued use of illegal drugs. This time, he admitted to another violation after being found gambling at a poker arcade and testing positive for opiates.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI Senior Judge Alex R. Munson sentenced Steven Faisao Abal to 11 months imprisonment last week.<\/p>\n
Munson, however, deferred the sentence for two months.<\/p>\n
Abal was ordered to report to the U.S. Probation Office twice a week for drug testing during the two months of deferment.<\/p>\n
If Abal tests positive during the two-month period, the sentence shall be imposed, the judge said.<\/p>\n
Attorney Robert T. Torres is court-appointed counsel for Abal. Assistant U.S. attorney Russell Lorfing appeared for the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
In a request for revocation, U.S. Probation Officer Gregory F. Arriola said that Abal tested positive for the use of opiates on Feb. 15, 2015, and that he also admitted entering a poker arcade to gamble.<\/p>\n
Arriola said that when confronted with the positive drug test result, Abal denied using illegal drugs and stated that he only had taken Tylenol due to flu-like symptoms.<\/p>\n
Arriola said that last Feb. 25, he received information that Abal was playing video poker in Garapan.<\/p>\n
When confronted the following day, Abal admitted playing poker, Arriola said.<\/p>\n
The probation officer reminded him that he was prohibited from accessing poker machines or any form of gambling device.<\/p>\n
Abal was sentenced in October 2005 to 20 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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