With last week’s heroin wins, federal prosecutors in Marquette, MI are preparing take down an armed meth ring allegedly operating in three U.P. counties

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-14-18 – 5:30 p.m. ET –

Federal prosecutors prep for meth ring that allegedly spread the devious highly-addictive drug in Ontonagon, Gogebic and Baraga counties:

Where is the ever-present pseudoephedrine supply coming from?

Hundreds – if not thousands of lives – have been ruined in the U.P. due to Meth, heroin, opioids, and fentanyl – and cops are trying hard to stop the flow

Dion Roy Jolliff

30-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Smith of Ontonagon, MI

27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI

35-year-old Patrick Joseph Sievers of Ironwood, MI

Feds brought down heroin ring during trials last week – with several convictions and one not guilty verdict

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By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Marquette, MI) – Federal prosecutors in Marquette, MI are now focused on an upcoming big meth trial – this after they got several heroin distribution convictions last week and only one loss.

Federal prosecutors have one meth defendant ready to testify and three others charged in new indictments for an alleged meth distribution ring that distributed untold pounds of the deadly drug in three Upper Peninsula counties.

The amounts of meth involved are vague – however in one case seven ounces was sold and in another incident 220 grams. Police confiscated weapons, thousands of dollars in cash and a plethora of items used to manufacture and sell meth like scales and baggies. The ring operated for at least two years, according to the indictment.

Like all good undercover probes, police use wires and confidential informants to make purchases of meth.

Charged in the meth ring that prosecutors say was operating in the western Upper Peninsula:

35-year-old Patrick Joseph Sievers of Ironwood, MI
27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI
43-year-old Dion R. Jolliff of Ontonagon, MI (Milwaukee and Watertown, WI)
30-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Smith of Ontonagon, MI

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An initial pretrial conference on the latest meth distribution indictment for Jolliff, Hellen and Sievers is set for March 7, 2018. The trio are set to go to trial on April 9, 2017.

In their arsenal, federal prosecutions have suspects on audio and videotapes – made during undercover buys with an informant wearing a wire.

The charges involve the distribution of meth across the western Upper Peninsula – while armed with handguns – during most of 2016 and 2017.

The indictments claim some of the suspects were armed with handguns “in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.”

The weapons included a loaded Taurus International .357 magnum revolver and a loaded Glock .40 caliber pistol. The operation allegedly were run from homes in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties including on Dutch Road in Rockland, MI; and on Pennsylvania Ave. in Ontonagon.

Prosecutors say Sievers, with help from Smith, allegedly distributed meth in Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties. Prosecutors say Jolliff, Sievers and Hellen allegedly distributed meth in Ontonagon and Baraga counties. Trial is set in less than two months.

Recently there have been several motions in the case that allowed two defendants to be released on bond after completing substance abuse treatment.

The Marquette federal prosecutors on the case are Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul D. Lochner and Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat.

The cases are now joined together – after numerous motions, indictments, and even a superseding indictment.
The trio were given an extension to file their motions and other pretrial paperwork because of the new indictment in December 2017.

U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Maloney

Chief U.S. District Court Judge the Hon. Paul L. Maloney approved a prosecution motion to dismiss previous charges against Kathryn Maria Hellen and Diona Roy Jolliff – as a new indictment was handed down.
On Nov. 27, 2017, Smith entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
Smith agrees to plead guilty to one of the meth distribution charges in the first superseding indictment.

Smith told federal prosecutors she bought meth from Sievers in Ontonagon County on March 23, 2017 for the purpose of distribution. Smith has agreed to cooperate with a myriad of law enforcement agencies as the feds, state ad local police try to stop the endless supply of meth in the Upper Peninsula.

Smith could received the maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison, or on on the other end of the justice scale – the minimum penalty is three years of supervised release. On Feb. 12, 2018, a judge approved personal recognizance bond (PR) bond for Hellen. She was/is undergoing intense treatment at Great Lakes Recovery Center.

Basically, the order extends bond conditions from Hellen’s initial arrest remain in place, as she and Jolliff have been charged in a new indictment.

These conditions for the Hellen PR bond includes do not leave the U.P. , cannot possession or consume alcohol and illegal drugs, can’t possession guns, and must surrender if ordered to by federal pretrial services.

She cannot have any contact – in any way – with witnesses in the case inducing, but not limited to, two witnesses identified only by initials P.S. and J.S.

On Feb. 9, 2018, Jolliff requested a jury trial, according to Jolliff’s Initial Pretrial Conference Summary Statement.

On Dec. 12, 2017, U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley approved the dismissal of the previous indictment against Jolliff and Helen as the new superseding indictment had just been returned.

1-29-18 Pretrial extension for defense motions for Jolliff, Hellen, and Sievers

2-9-18 Dion R. Jolliff asks jury trial Initial Pretrial Conference Summary Statement

2-17-18 Judge Greeley orders Hellen PR bond

10-25-17 Criminal Complaint Kathryn Maria Hellen 1

10-25-17 Criminal Complaint Kathryn Maria Hellen 2

10-31-17 Penalty Sheet Kathryn Maria Hellen

11-1-17 Superseding indictment Sievers, Smith

11-21-17 Indictment Hellen, Jolliff

11-27-17 Plea Agreement Jennifer Elizabeth Smith

12-5-17 U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley dismissed indictment of Jolliff, Hellen

12-5-17 Chief U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Maloney orders dismissal Jolliff, Hellen without prejudice

12-5-17 Motion to dismiss Hellen, Jolliff because now in new case with Sievers

12-5-17 Penalty sheet 2nd Superseding indictment Hellen, Jolliff, Sievers

12-5-17 Superseding indictment Jolliff, Sievers, Hellen

12-7-17 Hellen motion for bond stipulations, conditions

12-20-17 Jennifer Elizabeth Smith bond motion to attend treatment

Patrick Joseph Sievers (1)
Office: Northern Division (2) Filed: 06/20/2017
County: Ontonagon Terminated: Reopened:
Magistrate Case: 2:17-mj-00019-TPG

Count: 1 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 2 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 3 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 4 Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Count: 1s Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 4s Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 5s Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 6s Citation: 21:856=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:856(a)(1), 21:856(b), 21:856(d) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL/DISTRIBUTE/DISPENSE; maintaining drug-involved premises
Count: 7s Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 8s Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Count: 1ss Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 2ss Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 3ss Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 4ss Citation: 21:856=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:856(a)(1), 21:856(b), 21:856(d) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL/DISTRIBUTE/DISPENSE; maintaining drug-involved premises
Count: 5ss Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i), 18:924(c)(1)(C)(i) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN; possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Count: 6ss Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine
Count: 7ss Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i), 18:924(c)(1)(C)(i) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court

defendant: Patrick Joseph Sievers represented by Elizabeth A. LaCosse (FPD)(Designation Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment)
Phone: (906) 226-3050
Fax: (906) 273-0070
Email: beth_lacosse@fd.org
plaintiff: USA represented by Paul Lochner(Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: paul.lochner@usdoj.gov
plaintiff: USA represented by Maarten Vermaat(Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: Maarten.Vermaat@usdoj.gov

Jennifer Elizabeth Smith (2)
Office: Northern Division (2) Filed: 06/20/2017
County: Ontonagon Terminated: Reopened:
Other Court Case: None

Count: 1 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 2-3 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 4 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court

defendant: Jennifer Elizabeth Smith represented by Michael J. Manning (Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (906) 786-7224
Email: mmanning@mmanninglaw.com
plaintiff: USA represented by Paul Lochner (Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: paul.lochner@usdoj.gov
plaintiff: USA represented by Maarten Vermaat(Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: Maarten.Vermaat@usdoj.gov

Kathryn Maria Hellen (3)
Office: Northern Division (2) Filed: 06/20/2017
County: Ontonagon Terminated: Reopened:
Other Court Case: None

Count: 1 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 10 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 12 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 13 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 14 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 15 Citation: 21:856=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:856(a)(1), 21:856(b), 21:856(d) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL/DISTRIBUTE/DISPENSE; maintaining drug-involved premises
Count: 16 Citation: 18:924C.F Offense Level: 4
18:924(c)(1)(A)(i) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
Count: 8 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Defendant Custody Status: Released

defendant: Kathryn Maria Hellen represented by Monica Mary Lubiarz-Quigley(Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (906) 253-9330
Email: office544@yahoo.com
plaintiff: USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Lochner
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: paul.lochner@usdoj.gov
plaintiff: USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: Maarten.Vermaat@usdoj.gov

Dion Roy Jolliff (4)
Office: Northern Division (2) Filed: 06/20/2017
County: Ontonagon Terminated: Reopened:
Other Court Case: None

Count: 10 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 11 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine
Count: 12 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C), 18:2(a) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 8 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 9 Citation: 21:841A=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE – SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE; distribution of methamphetamine
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court

defendant: Dion Roy Jolliff represented by Richard E. Zambon(Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (616) 456-7831
Email: rick@zambonlaw.com
plaintiff: USA represented by Paul Lochner(Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: paul.lochner@usdoj.gov
plaintiff: USA represented by Maarten Vermaat(Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Phone: (906) 226-2500
Email: Maarten.Vermaat@usdoj.gov

Meth distribution in the western U.P. leads to major 16-count, 20-page indictment: Alleged Ontonagon, MI meth ring

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 12-13-17 11:15 p.m. ET

Major Meth Indictment could put Ontonagon County suspects away for life – if convicted

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By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Marquette, MI) – A sweeping federal indictment accuses four people of running a large scale meth operation out homes in Ontonagon County.
The 16-count, 20-page indictment was returned on Fri., Dec. 5, 2017 by a federal grand jury in Marquette, MI
If convicted, the suspects face up to life in federal prison.
In a forfeiture allegation, the government states it wants to permanently sieze the four guns named in the indictment charges.

35-year-old Patrick Joseph Sievers of Ironwood, MI

30-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Smith of Ontonagon, MI

Named in the indictment are 35-year-old Patrick Joseph Sievers of Ironwood, MI; 43-year-old Dion Roy Jolliff of Watertown, WI; 27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI; and 29-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Smith of Ironwood, MI.

On Mon., Dec. 11, 2018, Sievers and Jolliff were arraigned in Marquette on the new charges.

Both stood mute and had “not guilty” pleas entered for them by U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley.

Sievers and Jolliff arebeing held in the Chippewa County jail – where federal suspects are lodged pending trial.

On Dec. 7, 2017, Hellen was allowed to remain free on personal recognizance bond – and is undergoing treatment at the Great Lakes Recovery Center Facility in Sault Ste. Marie, MI. When treatment is completed, Hellen must “return to court immediately upon discharge from residential substance abuse treatment, to review bond conditions.” Her current list of bond conditions include no drugs or alcohol and can not contact co-defendants.

Smith remains in custody pending sentencing in February 2018 after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamines. In a plea agreement, Smith plead guilty in exchange for the dropping of other charges. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

The federal prosecutors in the case are Assistant United States Attorney Maarten Vermaat, Assistant United States Attorney Paul D. Lochner and United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Byerly Birge

The charges are laid out in the second superseding federal indictment. The suspects were charged in different cases, but those charges were dropped – and included in the latest indictment.
Numerous other suspects are facing state charges in connection with the meth operation.
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Patrick Joseph Sievers
12-11-17 stood mute – not guilty plea entered by judge
The grand jury alleges that “the amount of controlled substance involved in the conspiracy attributable to Patrick Joseph Sievers as a result of his own conduct, and the conduct of other conspirators reasonably foreseeable to him, is 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance.”
In count four – maintaining drug-involved premises in Ontonagon County – the grand jury alleges between 2016 and March 30, 2017, Sievers “knowingly opened, leased, rented, used, and maintained a place, specifically, his residence located on Dutch Road in Rockland, Michigan, for the purpose of distributing and using methamphetamine, Schedule II controlled substance.”
On March 30, 2017, Sievers “knowingly possessed” a loaded Smith and Wesson .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol, a loaded Hi-Point 9mm caliber semiautomatic rifle, and a loaded Glock .40 caliber “in furtherance of one or more drug trafficking crimes for which he may be prosecuted,” the indictment states.

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Kathryn Maria Hellen

“Kathryn Maria Hellen, knowingly opened, leased, rented, used, and maintained a place, specifically, her residence located on Pennsylvania Avenue in Ontonagon, Michigan, for the purpose of distributing methamphetamine, Schedule II controlled substance,” the indictment states
“The grand jury alleges that the amount of controlled substance involved in the conspiracy attributable to Kathryn Maria Hellen as a result of her own conduct, and the conduct of other conspirators reasonably foreseeable to her, is 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance,” the indictment states.
In Oct 2017, Hellen “knowingly possessed a loaded Taurus International .357 magnum caliber revolver in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes for which she may be prosecuted.”

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Dion Roy Jolliff
12-11-17 stood mute – not guilty plea entered by judge
Jolliff is accused or participating in the meth distribution conspiracy in Ontonagon County

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Jennifer Elizabeth Smith
Pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine
Sentencing in Feb. 2018 before U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker.
Smith admits being part of a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Ontonagon County

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Machine gun armed alleged meth dealers indicted for meth conspiracy in Baraga and Ontonagon counties, while “Cocaine Wayne” was indicted for allegedly peddling heroin and meth in the Ontonagon area

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

27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI

Dion Roy Jolliff

 

(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
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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

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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

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Dion Roy Jolliff

27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI

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

By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
News Director/Co-Owner
906-273-2433

(Ontonagon, MI) – An ongoing state and federal meth investigation in the western Upper Peninsula has arrested a at least one person – and there are indications there are more arrests.

DEA agents say 27-year-old Kathryn Maria Hellen of Ironwood, MI “knowingly and intentionally distributed methamphetamine and possess meth with intent to distribute” on Oct. 13, 2017 in Ontonagon County, MI.

If convicted, of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Hellen faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a million dollar fine. Plus a supervised release that could last her entire life.

Drug agents were investigating Hellen and sent a confidential informant to buy meth from her – and that informant was wearing a wire. After her arrested, agents searched Hellen’s home. The feds say they found 220 grams methamphetamine – or almost a half a pound of the highly addictive white crystals.

The search also turned up just over $3,000 in cash, a loaded handgun, numerous zip lock bags commonly used to distribute drugs and two digital scales, according to the complaint sworn to by DEA Special agent Jeffrey K. Pokey. Hellen allegedly admitted to investigators that she is a meth addict.

Hellen told investigators she had recently purchased $5,000 worth of meth from a Wausau, WI area man she had recently met and described as an “Asian male,” according to the criminal complaint. Hellen was busted after a undercover probe and stakeout of a residence on Pennsylvania Ave. in Ontonagon. The informant was wearing a wire.

A hearing is scheduled on Nov. 15 before U.S. Magistrate Timothy P. Greeley on a motion by her attorney – Karl P. Numinen of Marquette – to withdraw from the case due to a conflict of interest Numinen states he hopes the judge will allow “him to withdraw as counsel due to the potential for a conflict of interest arising out of his law partner Keith DeForge’s representation of an interested party.”

In 2010 and 2013, Hellen was arrested on drunken driving related charges. She is currently undergoing substance abuse treatment at the Great Lakes Recovery Center in Sault Ste. Marie, MI

U.P. Breaking News is following this and other breaking news stories on the meth, heroin and opioid crisis that is destroying young people in the U.P. and across the world.