A second female convicted in the Ecstasy-linked death of a Belmont middle-schooler must write an essay on her involvement by Dec. 1 as part of a court-ordered rehabilitation program.
Angelique Malabey, 19, was convicted of a felony conspiracy charge July 7 after pleading no contest to helping a drug dealer hide his narcotics from police. Her original six-month jail sentence was modified to three months plus a year-long drug rehabilitation. Yesterday, Judge Carl Holm added the essay caveat.
The essay is to detail Malabey's role in the April tragedy which left 14-year-old Irma Perez dead and five people, including herself, charged with varying levels of responsibility. Following the essay and her release from jail Monday, Malabey will remain on three years of supervised probation including a few months of electronic monitoring. She must also refrain from drugs and alcohol and not contact any of the others involved in the case.
Holm urged Malabey to graduate from high school and improve her life with college and employment.
Malabey, then 18, was not directly involved with Perez's death and there is no sign the two girls even knew each other. Instead, Malabey hid Ecstasy pills and cocaine at the request of Antonio Rivera after police learned he supplied the fatal dose to Perez and two friends.
Perez was declared legally dead April 28, five days after taking a double-stacked Ecstasy pill with two friends. Perez suffered a severe reaction as her brain swelled from oxygen deprivation and she eventually slipped into unconsciousness. Medical personnel were not called until early April 24 although the two other girls did call their 17-year-old drug dealer.
The dealer and Rivera were arrested that weekend. Rivera phoned Malabey, his date at a wedding the night Perez took the drug, and asked her to clean out his apartment before police could search it.
Rivera was sentenced to six years in prison and the 17-year-old was sent to a rehabilitation camp for an indeterminate term.
The two girls both pleaded no contest to child endangerment charges and were sentenced to juvenile rehabilitation programs. Juvenile Judge Marta Diaz ordered one girl to interview Perez's friends and family members to write her biography.
Michelle Durand can be reached by e-mail: michelle@smdailyjournal.com or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 104. What do you think of this story? Send a letter to the editor: letters@smdailyjournal.com.
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