In yesterday’s revocation hearing, Kisha Lyn Masga King, who appeared with her counsel Loren Sutton, admitted to violating court conditions.
The U.S. government, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Schuler, recommended that the defendant’s probation be revoked.
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Alex R. Munson ordered King to be placed on supervised release of 27 months following her release from imprisonment.
Sutton recommended that federal prison will be appropriate so that the defendant can get the drug treatment and the counseling she needs.
Munson ordered the defendant to pay an assessment fee of $400, a restitution of $100 to Tapo Shopping and a $50 restitution to Shopping Avenue, for a total of $550.
He recommended that the defendant participate in substance abuse counseling and treatment while in federal prison.
King was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal Service after the hearing yesterday.
The prosecution said King also failed to pay special assessment fees and complete her community service.
A report from the U.S. Probation Office showed that King tested presumptive positive for using methamphetamine or ice during a drug test conducted at her residence on Aug. 10. She signed an admission form for this violation.
The report said King likewise failed to report to the Marianas Psychiatric Services for six drug testing schedules last month.
On Aug. 19, she responded to the instructions and submitted to a DNA collection at the Commonwealth Health Center where she tested negative for drugs.
She also tested negative for drugs during a drug test conducted by the U.S. Probation Office on Aug. 25.
But she failed to report for drug counseling several times
King, moreover, violated a standard condition by associating with a persons engaged in criminal activity.
This occured when he went to the CNMI Department of Corrections on Aug. 21 to collect car keys from an individual who was arrested that morning for driving without a license and for driving a vehicle with an expired registration.
King has 10 days to appeal the court’s order.
In April, King signed a plea agreement with the U.S. government and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to utter counterfeit obligations and securities, and three counts of passing counterfeit obligations.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested King and her two co-defendants, Lucas Taitano Manglona and Nestor Taitano, after an indictment was filed against them on Feb. 26, 2009.
The indictment stated that King and the two brothers used counterfeit bills on Jan. 12, 2009, to defraud four establishments on Saipan.
