CHIEF Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI has sentenced Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo to three months in prison for violating her supervised release conditions.
The judge also imposed an additional 33 months of supervised release on the defendant who was ordered to serve her sentence on Saipan, and will self-surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service on April 5, 2021 at 8 a.m.
At the hearing on Friday, Teregeyo, who was represented by attorney David Banes, admitted to the violations.
The U.S. Probation Office told the court that Teregeyo tampered with a drug sweat patch and failed to provide urine samples on two separate occasions.
US Probation Officer Gregory Arriola said, “A drug test sweat patch was applied on Ms. Teregeyo’s arm on Feb. 1, 2021. The device was removed on Feb. 3, 2021 and sent to the laboratory for confirmatory testing. On Feb. 23, 2021, a laboratory report was received, which indicated methamphetamine and amphetamine were found in Ms. Teregeyo’s sweat.”
According to the probation violation worksheet, Teregeyo could be sentenced to three to nine months in jail for the violations.
In September 2020, Teregeyo was reported to have violated her release condition by using a controlled substance, but Judge Manglona did not revoke her release conditions based on the recommendation of the U.S. Probation Office.
Teregeyo was convicted on Guam of the offense of drug user in possession of firearm and ammunition but was allowed by the federal court system to serve her probation in the CNMI.
Teregeyo was sentenced by Guam District Court Chief Judge Frances M. Tydingco-Gatewood on May 24, 2019 to time served, 12 months and 18 days, with a three-year term of supervised release, which was to expire on May 23, 2022.
Once she serves her three-month jail sentence, Teregeyo’s supervised release is now estimated to expire in December 2023.
Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo
