FOR using methamphetamine on three occasions, David Muna Sablan was sentenced by the federal court to serve one month in jail.
Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona of the District Court for the NMI found that Sablan has again violated the terms and conditions of his supervised release.
She ordered Sablan to self-surrender to the Department of Corrections on Monday, March 14 at 8 a.m.
Upon release from imprisonment, Sablan will be placed under 32 months of supervised release, the judge said.
According to the petition of the U.S. Probation Office which sought the revocation of Sablan’s supervised release, he admitted using “meth” on Jan. 12, Jan. 22 and Feb. 3, 2022.
Sablan also failed to follow the instructions of the probation officer when he failed to report to the U.S. Probation Office on Feb. 11, 2022.
At the revocation hearing on Friday, Sablan appeared out of custody and was represented by attorney Janet H. King.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Garth Backe appeared for the federal government.
On March 15, 2018, while being chased by police, he threw a backpack that contained chemicals and items used in manufacturing methamphetamine in Garapan
After opening the backpack, four responding police officers inhaled the chemicals, causing them to vomit. They also complained of nausea and dizziness.
Sablan was arrested, indicted and pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
On April 24, 2019, Sablan was sentenced to three years and five months in prison and, upon release, would be placed on three years of supervised release. He was given credit for time served since his arrest.
In Aug. 2021, Judge Manglona sentenced him to three months in prison for violating his supervised release.
The U.S. Probation Office told the court that Sablan tested positive for the use of methamphetamine on June 21, 2021; submitted a diluted urine sample on July 12, 2021; and violated the rules of the location monitoring program on July 10, 2021.
Further, on Aug. 2, 2021, Sablan tested presumptive positive for the use of methamphetamine during a random drug test at the U.S. Probation Office.
