Upper Peninsula Breaking News Bulletin – 11-22-17 12 noon ET – sweeping federal meth indictments in Ontonagon and Baraga counties involving an alleged machine gun mama and a guy called “Cocaine Wayne”
Accused Machine Gun Mama, an alleged co-conspirator, and Cocaine Wayne all face life in prison if convicted on the federal meth charges
By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
News Director/Co-Owner
906-273-2433
(Marquette, MI) – A federal grand jury in Marquette on Tuesday returned sweeping indictments involving meth dealing in Baraga and Ontonagon counties.
A large crystal meth operation was allegedly run by two people in Baraga and Ontonagon counties while armed with a machine gun from the summer of 2017 to Oct. 13, 2017, in Baraga and Ontonagon Counties
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In a separate case, “Cocaine Wayne” has been indicted for allegedly distributing meth and heroin in Ontonagon County on August 17, 2017.
The maximum penalty for all three is life in federal prison. State and federal drug agents are aggressively going after meth dealers in the Upper Peninsula. This includes UPSET, ATF and the DEA.
U.P. Breaking News ran this story on Hellen on November 11, 2017:
The Wire: Capturing Meth suspects in their own words – informant wears a wire to gather evidence on a Gogebic County woman
Confidential informant leads police to a half pound of meth, arrest of Kathryn Hellen of Gogebic County
https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/the-wire-capturing-meth-suspects-in-their-own-words-informant-wears-a-wire-to-gather-evidence-on-a-gogebic-county-woman/
Kathy Hellen
27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood and 43-year-old Dion Roy Jolliff were indicted Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2017 on the charges in Baraga County by a federal grand jury sitting in Marquette, MI.
41-year-old Wayne “Cocaine Wayne” Paul Langston of Ewen, MI was indicted by the same grand jury for allegedly distributing meth and heroin in Ontonagon County. These federal charges will likely supersede the current state charges against Langston.
Hellen is charged with seven felonies – and in addition to numerous meth charges – one charge is possession of a machine gun during the commission of a drug crime.
Jolliff is charged with five felonies for allegedly working with Hellen to produce large amounts of methamphetamines and distributed the drug in Baraga County.
Jolliff spent two years in state prison after his guilty plea in May 2015 on charge of controlled substance-possess narcotic/cocaine less than 25 grams in August 2014 in Ontonagon County.
Hellen’s defense attorney is Monica Mary Lubiarz-Quigley. The federal prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat.
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Kathryn Maria Hellen
Count: 1
Conspiracy to distribute controlled substance; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 3
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 5
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 6
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 7
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 8
Controlled substance – sell/distribute/dispense; maintaining drug-involved premises
Count: 9
Violent crime/drugs/machine gun; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
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Dion Roy Jolliff
Count: 1
Conspiracy to distribute controlled substance; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 2
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 3 controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 4
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 5
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
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Wayne Paul Langston aka Cocaine Wayne
Dion Roy Jolliff
Count: 1
Controlled substance – sell, distribute, or dispense; possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine
Count: 2
Narcotics – sell, distribute, or dispense; possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin
Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 