The U.S. District Court for the NMI has been asked to take no action on Edward Seman Iriarte, but his compliance will be monitored and violations will be brought to the court’s attention immediately.
On Feb. 14, 2011, federal probation officers conducted an unannounced home assessment to Iriarte’s residence.
During the home inspection, both officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming out of Iriarte’s breath.
When questioned, Iriarte admitted to drinking alcohol.
Iriarte explained that he works daily from midnight to 7 a.m.
Whenever he arrives home, Iriarte said he finds it easier to sleep after consuming alcohol.
“Mr. Iriarte understands that it is a violation of his supervised release conditions, but assumed that by drinking alone at his residence, he mitigated that circumstances,” the report submitted to the federal court stated.
It was also found out that Iriarte’s last fine payment was made on Oct. 4, 2010.
The federal probation officers admonished him for his failure to make fine payments and for his consumption of alcohol, the report said.
“He was warned that failure to comply with his conditions and to pay his fine would constitute a violation that may result in revocation of his supervised release,” the report said.
On Sept. 5, 2007, then-Chief Judge Alex R. Munson sentenced Iriarte to 18 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of distribution of a controlled substance — “ice” — that were served concurrently.
