The federal court has sentenced former CNMI adult probation officer Robin Norita Sablan to time served for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d
\nAt a hearing on Friday, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona placed Sablan on supervised release for three years, to be served concurrently with a 27-month supervised release for a previous criminal conviction.<\/p>\n
Sablan will be required to participate in a substance abuse treatment program, which may include up to eight drug tests a month for use of drugs or alcohol.<\/p>\n
Sablan is prohibited from drinking alcoholic beverages and entering any poker arcades during his supervised release.<\/p>\n
The judge dismissed the remaining count of distribution of methamphetamine over the alleged sale of less than a gram of \u201cice\u201d on March 24, 2011.<\/p>\n
Sablan has been detained at the Department of Corrections since federal agents arrested him on Aug. 22, 2012, on charges of conspiring with others to distribute \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October 2012, Sablan and his court-appointed counsel, Steven Pixley, signed a plea deal with the U.S. government. Sablan pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute less than a gram of \u201cice\u201d from June 2010 until Aug. 22, 2012.<\/p>\n
Assistant U.S. attorney Ross Naughton recommended four months in prison, the low end of the sentencing guideline range.<\/p>\n
Pixley recommended four months imprisonment and credit for time served in the revocation sentence.<\/p>\n
In September 2008, the federal court slapped a 30-month prison term on Sablan who, while on duty as a CNMI probation officer, extorted money from several probationers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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