Vickilyn Teregeyo
UNITED States Probation Officer Gregory Arriola has requested the District Court for the NMI to schedule a hearing for Vickilyn Manglona Teregeyo to address her use of a controlled substance.
Teregeyo was convicted on Guam of the offense of drug user in possession of a firearm and ammunition, but was allowed by the federal court system to serve her probation in the CNMI.
She 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.
Her supervision was then transferred to the jurisdiction of the District Court for the NMI whose chief judge, Ramona V. Manglona, revoked Teregeyo’s supervised release in March 2022 after the defendant admitted that she used methamphetamine.
Teregeyo was sentenced to serve a three-month prison term followed by three months of home confinement/detention with electronic location monitoring as a special condition of supervised release, and 27 months of supervised release.
The fourth term of supervised release for Teregeyo started on Nov. 24, 2023 and was set to expire on May 23, 2025.
After serving her six-month sentence for probation violation, Teregeyo was again cited for testing positive for the use of methamphetamine.
On Jan. 16, 2024, Arriola filed a petition for summons for an offender under supervision.
On Jan. 24, 2024, Teregeyo appeared before Judge Manglona. Represented by attorney Richard Miller, Teregeyo admitted to two positive drug test results.
The U.S. Probation Office also informed the court of a pending laboratory report for a sweat patch applied on Teregeyo from Jan. 9 to 12, 2024.
At the request of the defense attorney and with no objection from the U.S. government, the matter was continued to March 13, 2024 to allow Teregeyo to continue seeking more intensive substance abuse treatment services.
On Feb. 7, 2024, Arriola filed a supplemental declaration after Teregeyo tested positive for the use of methamphetamine on a sweat patch applied on her person from Jan. 9 to 12, 2024.
“Additionally, Ms. Teregeyo failed to follow the instructions of the probation officer by failing to report to the U.S. Probation Office on Feb. 2, 2024,” Arriola said.
A warrant of arrest was requested after multiple attempts to contact Teregeyo to include a home visit were unsuccessful.
The request was granted by Judge Manglona on Feb. 9, 2024.
On Feb. 12, 2024, Teregeyo self-surrendered to the U.S. Marshals Service and appeared before Judge Manglona for a revocation hearing.
During the hearing, additional violations relating to the drug test sweat patch were reported to the court.
Teregeyo also admitted that she used methamphetamine on Feb. 10, 2024. Arriola said the additional violations will be included in a second supplemental declaration.
On Feb. 15, 2024, Teregeyo admitted to all the allegations reported by the U.S. Probation Office but denied that she had tampered with one of the sweat patches.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric O’Malley informed the court that he would not pursue the tampering allegation.
After hearing from the parties, Judge Manglona ordered the release of Teregeyo so she could self-report to the HOPE Recovery Center for residential substance abuse treatment.
According to Arriola, on Feb. 29, 2024 an informational report was submitted after Teregeyo rescinded her authorization to release information to the U.S. Probation Office.
Arriola said Teregeyo’s action hindered the U.S. Probation Office from monitoring her progress at the HOPE Recovery Center and providing any updates to the court.
Teregeyo was summoned to the court for a hearing on March 5, 2024. In that hearing, it was learned that Teregeyo was evicted from the HOPE Recovery Center but was accepted back into the facility after appealing the matter.
Teregeyo then reinstated the authorization to release information to the U.S. Probation Office.
Arriola asked the court to revoke Teregeyo’s term of supervised release and to sentence her to the maximum term of imprisonment that could be imposed, with no supervision to follow based on her overall noncompliant behavior.
Judge Manglona allowed Teregeyo to continue receiving treatment at the HOPE Recovery Center.
On April 5, 2024, a fourth supplemental declaration in support of petition was filed after Teregeyo tested positive for the use of methamphetamine on sweat patches applied on her person from March 13 to 18, 2024, and March 18 to 19, 2024, associated with an individual she was instructed to stay away from. She also tampered with a sweat patch applied on her person on March 28, 2024, the declaration stated.
On April 11, 2024, Charlotte Flores, program manager for the HOPE Recovery Center, was called to the witness stand to testify on Teregeyo’s behalf. At that hearing, Teregeyo also admitted to all allegations contained in the fourth supplemental declaration.
Judge Manglona did not revoke Teregeyo’s supervised release and allowed her to remain at the HOPE Recovery Center to continue receiving treatment services.
A final disposition hearing was scheduled for July 10, 2024.
On May 16, 2024, a fifth supplemental declaration in support of petition was filed after Teregeyo admitted to using methamphetamine on April 9 and May 8, 2024.
She also tested positive for methamphetamine detected from a sweat patch applied on her person from April 16 to 17, 2024, according to the U.S. Probation Office.
On May 31, 2024, a sixth supplemental declaration in support of petition was filed after Teregeyo tested positive for the use of methamphetamine from sweat patches applied on her person from April 24 to 25, 2024 and May 1 to 6, 2024, the U.S. Probation Office stated.
In his seventh supplemental declaration in support of petition for summons for offender under supervision filed on June 7, 2024, Arriola said Teregeyo had committed additional probation violation.
“On May 17, 2024, a drug test sweat patch was applied on Ms. Teregeyo’s person and removed on May 21, 2024. It was sent out for confirmatory testing. On June 4, 2024, a laboratory report was received which revealed a positive result for methamphetamine,” Arriola added.
