CHIEF Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI has sentenced Vickilyn Ramonica Manglona Teregeyo to six months in prison for violating the conditions of her probation.
After serving her prison sentence, Teregeyo will be placed on 18 months’ probation after her release.
Judge Manglona ordered Teregeyo to self-surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service office on May 26 at 9 a.m.
At the revocation hearing on May 19, Teregeyo was represented by attorney Richard Miller while Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley Kost appeared for the federal government.
Teregeyo admitted using methamphetamine in violation of her probation.
U.S. Probation Officer Gregory Arriola said Teregeyo tested positive for the use of methamphetamine on March 10, 2023, and submitted dilute urine specimens on March 10 and 17, 2023.
He said Teregeyo also submitted dilute urine specimens on April 3 and 7, 2023.
Teregeyo admitted to the March 10 positive drug test and the dilute urine specimens submitted on March 10 and 17, 2023. But she denied that she diluted her urine on April 3 and 7, 2023.
Teregeyo was convicted on Guam for 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.
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.
Her supervision was then transferred to the District Court for the NMI’s jurisdiction,
In March 2022, Judge Manglona revoked the supervised release of Teregeyo after the defendant admitted that she used methamphetamine.
She 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.
