IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
FAUSTIN ROMERO,  
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:26-cr-0015 
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ORDER 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
U.S. Magistrate Judge dated May 13, 2026, recommending that the Defendant’s plea of guilty 
to Count One of the Information, to wit: Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, in 
violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(D), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged 
guilty. (ECF No. 52.) Defendant filed a Notice of Non-Objection to Report and 
Recommendation on May 14, 2026. (ECF No. 54.) Also before the Court is Defendant’s 
Unopposed Motion to Expedite Sentencing, filed on May 14, 2026. (ECF No. 55.)  
After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 52, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Faustin Romero’s plea of guilty as to Count One of the 
Information is ACCEPTED, and that Faustin Romero is adjudged GUILTY on that count; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Expedite Sentencing, ECF No. 55, 
is GRANTED; it is further 
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall 
conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the preliminary presentence 
report to the parties no later than June 12, 2026; it is further 
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ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than June 18, 2026; it 
is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than June 25, 2026; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than July 
2, 2026; and it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on July 8, 2026, at 11:30 A.M. in 
STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
 
Dated: May 15, 2026 
 
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
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