The federal court sentenced a man to seven years and three months in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to conspiring with other to make the drug methamphetamine using the so-called shake-and- bake method.<\/p>\n
Sidney Capelle Kani was sentenced to 40 months for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, plus 47 months for the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine on premises where a child is present and resides.<\/p>\n
This means a total sentence of 87 months in prison\u2014or seven years and three months.<\/p>\n
He was given credit for time already served in prison since his arrest last year.<\/p>\n
As part of his sentence, he will be made to undergo drug rehabilitation, an educational program, anger management, and alcohol abuse counseling while in prison.<\/p>\n
Upon release, he will be on supervised release for three years.<\/p>\n
As a further condition of his supervised release, Kani must participate in a substance abuse treatment program, refrain from the use of any alcoholic beverages, and perform 100 hours of community service. He was ordered to pay $100 in special assessment fee.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona granted the U.S. government\u2019s motion to drop the remaining two charges against Kani.<\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. attorney Garth Backe had recommended a sentence of 78 months in prison. Colin Thompson, the court-appointed counsel for Kani, recommended imprisonment of 70 months.<\/p>\n
Kani pleaded guilty in May 2018.<\/p>\n
In his sentencing recommendation, Backe said that Kani admitted that, over a two-month span, he obtained numerous items \u201cto use to make meth\u201d which he, along with the other conspirators, \u201cwould smoke, as well as sell and\/or give to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Backe said that Kani admitted to acting as a middleman for a drug deal on Feb. 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
In his admissions, Kani said that, between July 1, 2017, and Feb. 25, 2018, his co-defendants\u2014Vincent David Cabrera Jr., Eugene Blas Repeki Jr., and Rick Urumelog Omar Jr.\u2014along with others, agreed to manufacture and distribute meth.<\/p>\n
Beginning at least Jan. 1, 2018, Kani knew of the group\u2019s agreement to make and distribute meth and that he joined in the agreement.<\/p>\n
The remaining defendants also pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n
Last March 15, Manglona sentenced Cabrera and co-defendant Eugene Blas Repeki Jr. to 15 years imprisonment each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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