IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
STEVEN BAXTER, 
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:17-cr-0024 
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ORDER 
 
BEFORE THE COURT is the Report and Recommendation of the magistrate judge 
recommending that the Court accept Steven Baxter’s (“Baxter”) plea of guilty (ECF No. 220) 
to Count One of the Indictment. After conducting a de novo review of the record and pursuant 
to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Court finds that Baxter entered his 
guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily, and that there was a factual basis for the plea. The 
Court, therefore, will accept the Report and Recommendation and find Baxter guilty as to 
Count One of the Indictment. Accordingly, it is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 220) is ACCEPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Steven Baxter’s plea of guilty as to Count One of the 
Indictment is ACCEPTED, and that Baxter is adjudged GUILTY on that count; 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 April 8, 2021; 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 April 22, 2021; 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 May 13, 2021; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than May 
27, 2021; it is further 
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ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on June 3, 2021 at 9:30 A.M. in St. 
Thomas Courtroom 1; it is further 
ORDERED that, to the extent that Baxter wishes that his sentencing be held via video-
teleconferencing technology, that he file an appropriate motion no later than May 27, 2021.  
 
Dated: February 12, 2021  
/s/ Robert A. Molloy  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Judge 
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