CHIEF Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI has sentenced Margarito Cortez Villafuerte to serve 14 days in prison after he pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to unlawfully produce an identification document.
Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant “shall submit to a term of supervised release of one year and comply with conditions as adopted by this court,” the judge said.
In addition, Villafuerte will perform 40 hours of community service in lieu of a fine under the supervision of a probation officer.
The judge also ordered the probation officer “to tender the defendant’s passport to United States Citizenship Immigration Services- Enforcement Removal Office.”
Villafuerte was ordered by the court to self-surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service on Oct. 4, 2021 at 8 a.m.
At his sentencing hearing on Oct. 1, 2021, Villafuerte was represented by court-appointed attorney Steven Pixley, and a Filipino interpreter was also provided to help with communication between the court and the defendant.
According to the information filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Albert S. Flores Jr., Villafuerte, on June 21, 2017, intentionally conspired and agreed with an individual identified as B.S. to commit an offense against the United States: specifically, to knowingly and without lawful authority produce an identification document — namely, a CNMI driver’s license.
No other information about the defendant was available as of press time Monday evening.
