DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
SAMUEL ELIAS PENA COLUMNA, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:19-cr-0065 
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ORDER 
 
THIS MATTER proceeded to a jury trial on September 12, 2022. On September 21, 
2022, the jury returned a unanimous verdict finding Samuel Elias Pena Columna guilty as to 
Count One, Count Two, Count Three, Count Four, and Count Five of the Indictment. 
Accordingly, it is hereby 
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 November 21, 2022; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than December 16, 2022; 
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 December 30, 2022; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later January 13, 
2023; it is further 
ORDERED that a sentencing hearing is SCHEDULED to commence promptly at 9:30 
A.M. on January 19, 2023, in St. Thomas Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy.       
 
Date: September 21, 2022  
/s/_Robert A. Molloy _________ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
Case: 3:19-cr-00065-RAM-RM   Document #: 347   Filed: 09/21/22   Page 1 of 1