Ying Min Jin, 38, entered a guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance near a school.
The penalty for the offense carries a maximum sentence of 40 years imprisonment, a mandatory minimum sentence of one year imprisonment, a maximum fine of $2 million and a supervised release of six years.
On Sept. 2, 2008, U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex R. Munson ordered the defendant held without bail.
The defendant was charged with one count of distributing approximately 0.4 gram of methamphetamine on Aug. 27, 2008 and another count for distribution of a controlled substance near a school.
A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent said that at 8:10 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2008, the Saipan DEA office and the Department of Public Safety contacted a confidential source on Tinian.
The agent said the DEA source ordered $100 to $150 worth of ice that would be picked up later.
Surveillance agents were deployed outside a poker parlor less than 1,000 feet away from Grace Christian Academy.
DEA and police authorities arrested the defendant after he handed over a small Zip-lock bag containing crushed, glass-like substance.
Confiscated from the defendant’s wallet was 2.6 grams of ice.
The defendant told authorities that he obtained the ice from a source on Saipan who used different telephone numbers everyday to contact him.
