Vol. 35 No.19
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Judge accepts ‘ice’ recipient’s guilty plea

By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

U.S. District Court of Guam Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood yesterday accepted the conditional guilty plea of Ryan Jason Wall to information charging him with methamphetamine distribution.
Wall’s guilty plea paved the way for his sentencing on June 21 at 10:30 a.m.
Wall, 32, was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and attempted possession of methamphetamine with an intent to distribute some 84 grams of a mixture of controlled substance.
He was indicted following his arrest on Jan. 2, 2007 for receiving an “ice” package via DHL.
Wall changed his plea without a written plea agreement after the court denied his motion to suppress physical evidence used against him.
Judge Joaquin Manibusan earlier scheduled a May 24, 2007 deadline for a pre-sentence report. A response should be filed by June 7, 2007, and a final pre-sentence report is due on June 14.
Wall is presently under the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service for detention.
Based on the declaration provided by Drug Enforcement Administration agents, an anonymous telephone caller informed authorities regarding a DHL package containing crystal methamphetamine which had been shipped to Guam.
The anonymous caller told DEA agents of the DHL tracking number, the date and place from which the package was sent, and the alleged recipient.
The package arrived on Guam in the morning of Dec. 30, 2006. On the same day at approximately 4:52 p.m., a K-9 drug detector dog was used to conduct a drug detection test on the package. The dog sniff was negative for the presence of drugs. Agents next processed the package through the airport X-ray machine.