By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

A MAN yesterday entered a plea agreement with federal lawyers and admitted that he used controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.
David Pablo Bautista, 53, agreed to plead guilty to information charging him with one count of drug use while in possession of a firearm.
He admitted that between Jan. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2005, he used crystal methamphetamine. At the same time, he received a firearm, a Ruger silver/black handled revolver, which was shipped to him from the mainland.
Bautista also acknowledged that he exchanged the revolver for approximately $150 worth of crystal methamphetamine with Judith Mateo, a known distributor of methamphetamine who is now locked up in jail.
Mateo was identified by authorities as the one who bought the firearm from Bautista in exchange for some “ice.”
Bautista entered a guilty plea to avoid the maximum sentence of 10 years of imprisonment and $250,000 fine.
If he violates the condition of his supervised release, this may be revoked by the court and sentence him up to an additional two years of incarceration.
Meanwhile, Mateo, who asserted her ownership interest in the Barrigada house and lot which is under forfeiture, remains in the custody of the United States Marshal Service.
She is expected to be back in district court today at 9:30 a.m. to participate in the scheduling conference for the forfeiture hearing of Lot. No. 2343-9-1 in Barrigada.
The said property is under forfeiture claim after federal authorities identified it as a venue used in transacting illegal distribution of methamphetamine.
Mateo, 41, earlier entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging her with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in an amount of more than 50 grams and use of a firearm during, and in relation to, a drug trafficking crime.
She was arrested in her Barrigada residence where she kept $51,836 which is also a subject of forfeiture hearing in the district court.