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8 indicted in ‘ice’ possession charges

 By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

THE Superior Court of Guam grand jury returned a true bill against eight individuals who were earlier arrested for possession of methamphetamine or “ice.”
Indicted were Jesse Benavente Quinene, 41, Anthony Quitugua Gumataotao, 39, John Navarro Camacho, 34, John Joseph Rosario, 26, Fermin Paul Reyes Unpingco, 31, Terry Reyes Lane, 27, Georgette Sablan Cruz, 26, and Lelani Michelle Peredo, 27.
Except for Lane who was also charged with family violence and assault, all others were charged with possession of a schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony.
Quinene, Gumataotao and Unpingco, who were caught committing the offense on March 22, 2005, were ordered to return to court for a trial setting on Feb. 21 at 10 a.m.
Camacho and Rosario, who were caught in possession of the illegal drugs on April 11, 2005 and Nov. 24, 2004, respectively, were ordered to return on the same date for the same proceeding.
Cruz and Peredo, who were arrested on Jan. 19, 2007 in possession of controlled substance, were scheduled to return to court for a trial setting on Feb. 7 at 4 p.m.
Lane was scheduled for an arraignment on the same day. He was arrested in Merizo after his mother, Mary Reyes Lane, called the police to report that he became angry when she told him not to drink beer in her house in Agat.
When police located Lane in his car parked near the Merizo pier, they found a glass pipe with suspected residue of methamphetamine.