Sherwin Reginaldo, 26, was ordered to serve at least one year and eight months of the term before being eligible for parole.
“This case really is sad on a couple of levels,” 2nd Circuit Judge Richard Bissen said as he sentenced Reginaldo. “You’re relatively young. You’re going to serve a 10-year prison sentence.
“The second part that’s sad about this is you are one of those people . . . who brings drugs into our community and ruins it for everyone else.”
Reginaldo pleaded no contest to second-degree methamphetamine trafficking, second- and third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, and two counts each of possessing drug paraphernalia, second-degree theft and third-degree theft.
The charges covered three incidents.
He was arrested in October 2006 after being identified as selling methamphetamine, according to police. In another case, he tried to pawn gold bracelets and other jewelry stolen from a former girlfriend.
Last February, he was found with methamphetamine, a pipe and plastic packets after police stopped a vehicle that he was a passenger in.
Reginaldo was sentenced to a five-year prison term for firearm and drug charges in November 2001.
Noting that Reginaldo was committing crimes three months after being released from prison, Deputy Prosecutor Robert Rivera said the defendant was “well on his way to being institutionalized.”
In court Friday, Reginaldo apologized.
“It’s the second time. This time I’ll take whatever they teach me,” he said. “I don’t want to get in trouble one more time. I think I should grow up already, take responsibility for my life, just do the right thing.”
“This case really is sad on a couple of levels,” 2nd Circuit Judge Richard Bissen said as he sentenced Reginaldo. “You’re relatively young. You’re going to serve a 10-year prison sentence.
“The second part that’s sad about this is you are one of those people . . . who brings drugs into our community and ruins it for everyone else.”
Reginaldo pleaded no contest to second-degree methamphetamine trafficking, second- and third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, and two counts each of possessing drug paraphernalia, second-degree theft and third-degree theft.
The charges covered three incidents.
He was arrested in October 2006 after being identified as selling methamphetamine, according to police. In another case, he tried to pawn gold bracelets and other jewelry stolen from a former girlfriend.
Last February, he was found with methamphetamine, a pipe and plastic packets after police stopped a vehicle that he was a passenger in.
Reginaldo was sentenced to a five-year prison term for firearm and drug charges in November 2001.
Noting that Reginaldo was committing crimes three months after being released from prison, Deputy Prosecutor Robert Rivera said the defendant was “well on his way to being institutionalized.”
In court Friday, Reginaldo apologized.
“It’s the second time. This time I’ll take whatever they teach me,” he said. “I don’t want to get in trouble one more time. I think I should grow up already, take responsibility for my life, just do the right thing.”
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