$300,000 bond: Three jailed this morning in Marquette after big meth bust – one suspect made the news when arrested for felonious assault in pool cue, bat attack two years ago in Marquette; Two suspects from Muskegon, MI

URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-25-18 – 4:30 a.m. ET – 

Crystal methamphetamine: Three held in Marquette jail after meth bust; one bond is $300,000 – one suspect was involved in a pool cue and bat assault in Marquette in 2016

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

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

(Marquette, MI) – High bonds have been set for three people who remain jailed in Marquette, MI this morning after being busted on meth distribution and operating a drug house charges.

Ebonie Latrice Burns

28-year-old Ebonie Latrice Burns of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail early Tuesday morning, April 23, 2018.
Burns is charged with the delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine.
Jail records do not state a bond for Burns.

Burns attended Northern Michigan University, according to her Facebook page.
Burns made the big news in 2016 when she was arrested in Marquette for an felonious assault in the parking lot of the Admiral gas Station (scroll down for details).

44-year-old Bradley Joseph Hancock of Muskegon, MI was booked late Tuesday night and is being held on a $300,000 bond.
Hancock is charged with the delivery and manufacture of meth, possession of meth, and possession of a firearm (felony firearms charge).
Hancock has online addresses listed in Muskegon, MI and Daytona Beach, FL.

42-year-old Kareen Shanton Robertson of Muskgeon, MI was booked late Tuesday night and is being held on a $110,000 bond.
Robertson is charged with the delivery and manufacture of crystal meth and maintaining a drug house.
Robertson has prior addresses in Grand Rapids and several cities in Arizona.

Details of the raid have not been released. If you have photos of the males suspects, please contact U.P. Breaking News.

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

On March 14, 2016, Burns made the news after confessing she was part of a late night violent attack of two people in the parking lot of the Admiral Gas Station on W. Washington Street in Marquette.

Marquette Police responded to the scene but the victim and suspects had left.
An investigation lead to the discovery of two people who were attacked by a pool cue and a make-shift bat – and treated and released from the Marquette hospital..
Charged with felonious assault were Ebonie Burns and her companion then 38-year-old Kowayne Terrelle Burns of Marquette.

Ebonie Burns pleaded guilty the next month to assault with dangerous weapon (felonious assault) – and was sentenced to one-year-in jail – with her sentence suspended/delayed with credit for the short time served.
Burns was on probation until March 2017.

Munising, MI woman remained jailed Saturday following Friday meth lab raid in Alger County

URGENT URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-24-18 – 2:05 p.m. ET –

Munising meth lab raid is talk of local bars – Suspect is single mom

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

(Munising, MI) – At least one person remains jailed today after a meth lab raid in Alger County on Friday, according to multiple sources.

Few details are known about the meth lab raid.

Hiedi Jean Rzanca

The raid happened on Friday, March 23, 2018.

Another said the raid was one of the main topics of discussion in Munising bars on Friday night.

The bust was said to be in the city of Munising.

It was one of several meth and illegal drug sales raids across the U.P. this week, including a huge bust in Marquette.

Officials had not released any info on the raid by Saturday afternoon.

40-year-old Hiedi Jean Rzanca of Munising, MI has been booked into the Alger County Jail.

Rzanca remained jail on Saturday.

Hiedi Jean Rzanca

Rzanca also has past addresses in other U.P. counties including the city’s of Gwinn and Escanaba, according to online tracking sites.

Rzanca is expected to faces charges related to operating a meth lab.

Rzanca is a single, stay-at-home mother, according to her Facebook page.

It is not clear how much alleged meth or meth components were confiscated.

U.P. Breaking News is seeking other details about the raid.

If you have information please contact us through our Facebook page – or call.

Pelkie Woman: She served federal time for bath salts distribution in the Marquette area – and now is suspected of dealing meth; arrested with her man in St. Ignace, MI

Update: 3-25-18 5 p.m. ET

U.P. Breaking News has identified the second suspect arrested in Pelkie meth probe:

Ronald Francis Thompson lived with Kristin Bergeron and lived with her in Puuri Rd in Pelkie. Both are suspects in a meth investigation:

Ronald Francis Thompson

Ronald Francis Thompson

 

One Baraga County resident remains jailed in the eastern Upper Peninsula, whereabouts of other suspect unclear – as police investigate the couple for allegedly distributing meth – the female half already served time for being part of bath salts ring

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

(Baraga County, MI) – At least one member of a Baraga County couple jailed in the eastern U.P. for suspected meth distribution served time for dealing a powerfully addictive drug with an extreme amphetamine-like buzz called bath salts – one of several drug epidemics that have swept the U.P. since the 90s.

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

34-year-old Kristin Ellen Bergeron of Pelkie, MI was one of two people arrested on Wed., March 14, 2018 in Mackinac County by troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post.

Bergeron and her “civil union” partner – also 34 years old – are expected to face meth distribution-related  charges in Baraga County. Detectives also confiscated a weapon.

Federal prosecutors got a guilty plea from Bergeron in 2014  for being involved in a bath salts ring. She was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison – no parole. (scroll down to read press release).

Federal agents worked hard with U.P. drug teams to wipe out the bath salts epidemic that swept the U.P. in the late 2010. Another big epidemic that swept northern Michigan was CAT – or methcathinone. The drugs all provided a speed like buzz – with ghastly side-effects.

Why meth is worst so far: God Bless our drug teams but they do not have the funding and manpower to make a dent in the problem including funds for massive operation  going after those who ship ephedrine to the U.P. – or drive it here

All these highly-addictive drugs happened to otherwise good people in the Upper Peninsula, where family values still have a credible meaning.

The drugs simply changed them – consuming the lives of the addicts – though rehab helps. That’s another problem

If there were more treatment facilities in the U.P. lots more people could become healthy instead of choosing the abyss. Remember if you love the person, do not be judgmental- as addicts already know what they have done.
The meth epidemic and the drop in heroin prices have led to the worst of the epidemics so far – due to the vast number of users (and poverty) – versus relatively small police drug teams.

The drug teams could use twice the funding and manpower to really make a bigger effect – more if you want to end it for all practical purposes.
However our readers say that China is pumping ephedrine into the U.P. (a critical component of meth) – and so are dealers from bigger Midwestern cities.

With the large epidemic under way in U.P. history – its important to wipe out meth by turning in dealers and providing treatment to others (yes they are victims).

“Bath Salts”

Alpha-pyrrolidinopentiphenone, commonly known as alpha-PVP, and pentylone.

The term “bath salts” refers to a group of substances containing synthetic cathinones that all have similar chemical properties. These substances have a powerful amphetamine-like effect on the central nervous system when consumed. Synthetic cathinones are chemically similar to the natural drug cathinone, a drug that comes from khat plants in east Africa.

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

In Mackinac County, the pair are charged with operating under the influence of drugs and possession of methamphetamine.

During the raid, UPSET “seized several more grams of methamphetamine, as well as scales, packaging for distribution, and a firearm.”

Press release by federal prosecutors on May 14, 2014:

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN – U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar sentenced three people for their involvement in distributing two powerful “bath salts” – alpha-pyrrolidinopentiphenone, which is commonly known as alpha-PVP, and pentylone – for human consumption in the Upper Peninsula.

Scott Bernard Will, age 56, of Mass City, Michigan, received a sentence of 137 months (11 ½ years) in federal prison. Last December, a federal jury in Marquette found Will guilty of distributing and conspiring to distribute alpha-PVP and pentylone in Baraga and Houghton Counties. In imposing the sentence, Judge Edgar commented on Will’s extensive criminal history, noting that Will was a “walking crime wave.”

Also sentenced were Derrick John Guzek, age 34, also of Mass City, and Kristen Ellen Bergeron, age 31, of Pelkie, Michigan. Guzek received a sentence of 16 months in prison while Bergeron was sentenced to 18 months.

The term “bath salts” refers to a group of substances containing synthetic cathinones that all have similar chemical properties. These substances have a powerful amphetamine-like effect on the central nervous system when consumed. Synthetic cathinones are chemically similar to the natural drug cathinone, a drug that comes from khat plants in east Africa.

The evidence presented at trial showed that Will began selling bath salts in the Marquette area in 2011. He was jailed for his activities from June 2011 until November 2012. But, upon release from jail, he went back to selling the substances. Will’s sales of alpha-PVP and pentylone in Baraga and Houghton Counties in early 2013 drew the attention of the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

An undercover officer made a number of purchases of these substances from Mr. Will and his co-conspirators in March and April 2013. He and his co-conspirators were arrested in April 2013. Guzek and Bergeron pled guilty and testified for the government. Will went to trial in Marquette on December 9, 2013.

As part of its case, the government presented testimony from users who said that the bath salts sold to them by Will were extremely powerful and addictive. They reported staying up for days after injecting the substances, and experiencing psychosis, paranoia and suicidal thoughts. Judge Edgar noted that the users were “physically wrecked by these drugs.”

The evidence at trial showed Will specifically targeted people with drug problems by offering the substances for free. Once the user was hooked, Will charged up to $200 per gram.

This case was investigated by the Michigan State Police as part of the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maarten Vermaat and Paul D. Lochner prosecuted the case.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0515_SWill_etal.html

On Thursday, March 15, 2018 – agents from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement team (UPSET) raided the couple’s home near Pelkie, MI. UPSET executed a search warrant at the couple’s residence on Puuri Road in Baraga County.

Bergeron’s 34-year-old male partner was jailed in Mackinac County – but is no longer listed as an inmate.

Baraga County is among the growing number of  U.P. counties who refuse to publicly release info on booked suspects – so it is unclear if he is out on bond – or has been transferred.

If you know the other suspect’s name (partner of Bergeron) please contact U.P. Breaking News.

Bergeron is a native of Dearborn Heights, according to her Facebook page.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0515_SWill_etal.html

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00009/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00009-10

UPSET Commander Lt. Timothy “Tim” L. Sholander and the entire UPET team hope you will turn in meth dealers – as it is a scrounge that has ruined thousands of U.P. families – along with the other easy-to-get highly addictive drugs like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

Do you have information about illegal drugs in your community?
Contact UPSET at 906-228-1002 or leave an anonymous tip on the UPSET website at http://www.upsetdrugs.com

Hades No: Hell, MI native charged with making hellacious drug meth after fire in Gwinn

URGENT URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-8-18 – 7:45 p.m. ET

During a trailer fire, a man from Hell, MI allegedly tries to flee – busted, accused of making highly addictive drug meth in Forsyth Township

Brad Michael Overly

Brad Michael Overly

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

(Gwinn, MI) – A Hell, MI native was arrested allegedly trying to flee a Gwinn, MI trailer fire that cops say was a meth lab at a Forsyth Township mobile home park.

31-year-old Brad Michael Overly, who apparently hasn’t lived in Gwinn for too long, was arrested following the mobile home fire reported at about 6:35 p.m. ET Wednesday night, March 7, 2018. Overly’s Facebook page states he is a native of Hell, MI and Clare, MI. Recent Facebook posts by overly have become increasingly dark with “wanted dead or alive” graphics, skulls and more.

The first police on the scene reported smoke coming from the trailer at 55 East Riling Street Lot 27 in Gwinn – and firefighters were warned to beware of meth components. Police busted Overly as he tried to flee the scene in his car.

The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team was called to the scene to help dispose of the toxic chemicals.

Numerous Gwinn residents have been arrested this year – and more busted are expected – as meth is running rampant in Gwinn, K.I. Sawyer and the surrounding area. This is the second fire this year involving Gwinn residents that allegedly involve meth cooking.

Brad Michael Overly

The jailed Overly is charged with the 20-year felony operating/maintaining laboratory involving methamphetamine.
Assisting on the scene were the Forsyth Township Fire Department and Marquette County Rescue Squad 131.

In a bizarre irony, the costly cleaning up of each U.P. Meth lab drains valuable money the UPSET team and its law enforcement partners could be put back into the fight to root out an extremely addictive epidemic that has destroyed thousands of U.P. lives.

Meth, heroin, opioids, fentanyl and other extremely addictive drugs have devastated many U.P. homes.

In many cases, its the old story of bad things happening to otherwise good people – who get in over their heads in an instant. Then however, are the meth dealers who try to get everyone hooked for their own profit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Habitual batterer and the bloody woman in Marquette, MI: Arrests in past 24 hours include a man just out of federal prison for habitual DV is found with a bloody woman, past Meth dealers in trouble again – and arrests for child abuse and sexual assault

URGENT U. P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-6-18 – 10:35 p.m.

Violence across Marquette County in past 24 hours: From allegations of child abuse and sexual assault to all kinds of assault and battery, some with meth history- including habitual offender just gets out of federal prison found in a car by Marquette Police with bloody woman

Corey Allen Racine

Kirk William Bragenzer

Joshua Daniel Haske

Tyler Michael Tull

John Roland O’Neill

Eugene Walter Lefler

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

(Marquette, MI) – In the past 24 hours, police have dealt with a lot of violence in Marquette County involving women and children – and many have a well-known public history including a habitual domestic violence convict, a meth dealer, and a guy who crashes a car into a Gwinn bar and tried to flee – fought with cops.

Due to the criminal history, some of these guys have longer stories than usual.

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A Marquette County man has been arrested again on federal charges supervised release violation charges for yet another incident with a bloody woman – this after going to prison in 2013 for being a “habitual batterer” for beating women including at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC).

****U.P. Breaking News has been unable to find a photo of Bradley Joseph Hase, and we’d like one. Remember anyone who can provide us a photo – we never, ever reveal sources

Some of his victims were female tribal members – while Hase is white (non-tribal).

47-year-old Bradley Joseph Hase of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 7:12 p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.
Hase apparently was just released from federal prison.
Hase is being held without bond on a federal detainer.

Read the federal documents or download then for details – we paid for them:

Filed 3-6-18 – Hearing set for 3-8-18 for Bradley Joseph Hase

3-5-18 Federal arrest summons for Bradley Joseph Hase

Hase has been ordered to appear for a revocation of supervised release hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley on Tuesday, March 8, 2018.

Hase was arrested by Marquette Police on March 2, 2018 after he was discovered with alcohol in his blood (allegedly .176) – a direct violation of his supervised release conditions after recently being sprung after serving five years federal prison.

Hase denied he attacked a bloody woman in the car – and the alleged victim – Renee Bressette said she was injured falling at Remillard’s Bar and in the front seat of the car.

A passerby had called police to report a man was not allowing a woman to get out of a car. Bressette had injured bloody lips, blood in her hair, and police found blood in the vehicle. Both were intoxicated. Hase had cuts on abrasions on his forehead and hands – that he said resulted in a bar fight with two men a short while earlier.
On Oct.18, 2013, was order jailed following his September 4, 2013 indictment for assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault – habitual offender. The order came from U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley at federal court in Marquette Michigan.

In March 2014, Hase, then 43 years old, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole and then three years supervised released by U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell in Marquette.

The habitual batterer was charged by federal prosecutors in Marquette under a crackdown on violence against women happening on tribal lands by then U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr.

The Marquette federal prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul D. Lochner who still specializes in these cases with Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Bobee.

On November 6, 2013, Hase pleaded guilty to count two of a federal indictment charging him with domestic assault by an habitual offender.

On February 3, 2013, Hase violently assaulted a KBIC women at a residence in Marquette County on KBIC reservation land. Hase assaulted his girlfriend including grabbing her by the face and throat and pulling out her hair.

At that point, Hase had been convicted twice of domestic violence offenses in the Marquette County 96th District Court and was on probation for one of those offenses at the time of the assault in this case.

The case was investigated by the Marquette FBI office, KBIC Tribal Police and the Chocolay Township Police Department.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0326_BHase.html

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005/pdf/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005-0.pdf

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005/pdf/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005-1.pdf

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A convicted meth dealer who was released from prison about 4 months ago has been busted on a parole violation.

The man has admitted he needs help because Meth is an addictive, terrible, one helluva drug that destroys lives. Meth sucks the life out of its users.

Corey Allen Racine

Corey Allen Racine

28-year-old Corey Allen Racine of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at a.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
Racine is booked on an inmate detainer/parole violation.
Bond for Racine is not set
On July 22, 2016, convicted meth dealer Corey Racine was sentenced to three to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty and admitting meth is a terrible addiction and he wanted help.

Corey Allen Racine

If he behaved, Racine was eligible to serve time at a state boot camp under the Special Alternative Incarceration program. He pleaded guilty to delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine for an incident on Oct. 12, 2015.

Racine was paroled to Marquette County on Oct. 24, 2017 with two years left on his probation/parole. Racine’s probation was scheduled to run through April 24, 2019.

His supervised release conditions including the usual restrictions like do not do drugs or alcohol, can’t possess weapons or commit crimes, never hang with other convicted felons, and even has a tether provision.

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=974925

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Two men have booking info for the exact same time of arrest – not sure if the cases are connected:

Kirk William Bragenzer

A Gwinn man is back in trouble after making the news when he crashed his car into a bar and then struggled with cops.

27-year-old Kirk William Bragenzer of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 12:10 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Bragenzer is charged with first-degree home invasion, illegal entry, felony firearms weapons charge, convicted felon in possession of a weapon, and possession of marijuana.
Bond is not set for most of the charges against Bragenzer.

In Oct. 2016, Bragenzer, then 25 years old, was arrested on charges of two-year felony assaulting police/resisting arrest and obstructing, and two two-year misdemeanors – operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and unlawful use of motor vehicle.

During the midnight hour on Oct. 13, 2016, Forsyth Township Police were told a vehicle has crashed into the Happy Hour Bar on M-35, in Gwinn. Bragenzer then fled the scene in his green Toyota – but the trashed auto stopped working in a nearby parking lot. Bragenzer had taken the now destroyed car without the owner’s permission.
Meanwhile In Sept. 2015, Bragenzer, then 24, was sentenced to 93 days in jail for a June 18, 2015 arrest for breaking and entering without owner’s permission.

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Joshua Daniel Haske

27-year-old Joshua Daniel Haske of Skandia, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 12:10 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Haske is charged with domestic assault.

Bond has not been set for Haske.

Details of the alleged assault have not been released.

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Pedro Fermino

Pedro Fermino

35-year-old Pedro Joseph Fermino of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Fermino is charged with domestic assault and driving with a suspended/revoked license.

Details of the alleged assault have not been released.

If you have a photo of Fermino please slip it to us.

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A Negaunee man, with a meth past, is arrested for the second time in three months – this time for CSC and assault.

Tyler Michael Tull

Tyler Michael Tull

27-year-old Tyler Michael Tull of Negaunee, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:13 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
Tull is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and assault and battery.
Bond is not set for Tull.
Tull was sentenced to a year in prison in May 2015 for possession of analogues.

http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=971181

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/accused-of-attacking-a-woman-stealing-two-convicts-one-a-federal-fugitive-and-another-with-a-recent-meth-related-conviction-in-alger-county-busted-on-domestic-violence-and-shopli/

It was only three months ago that Tull was arrested and we did a story:

27-year-old Tyler Michael Tull of Negaunee, MI remains jailed tonight after being booked into the MCJ about 6:30 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 3, 2017.
Tull is charged with one count each of first degree retail fraud and domestic assault. Bond is not set.
Tull is an active parolee/probationer with the state of Michigan in connection with a meth investigation in Alger County.
Tull was sentenced in Alger County in January 2016 and received a “discharged status” on January 10, 2017.
Records conflict but it appears Tull spent a year in prison.

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John Roland O’Neill

46-year-old John Roland O’Neill of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.

O’Neill is charged with fourth-degree child abuse.

Bond for O’Neill is $5,000.

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Eugene Walter Lefler

28-year-old Eugene Walter Lefler of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:20 p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.

Lefler is charged with felony aggravated assault.

Bond for Lefler is not set.

In October 2016, Lefler, then 27 and of Gwinn, was sentenced to at least 90 days in jail (and up to one year) for a July 2016 attack involving aggravated assault and domestic violence.

Lefler also received two years probation and $2,100 in fines/costs.

 

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fyi
We wre going to report the arrest of two Marquette County men – but decided not to lump them with the violence above – even though they are facing charges that are serious enough.

They are charged with failure to return rental property valued between $200 and $1,000; and the other was felony third offense of drunken driving charge – operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI). The second charge being particularly troubling. We also understand Forsyth Township Police are looking for a CSC suspect – more on that later.

Habitual batterer and the bloody woman in Marquette, MI: Arrests in past 24 hours include a man just out of federal prison for habitual DV is found with a bloody woman, past Meth dealers in trouble again – and arrests for child abuse and sexual assault

URGENT U. P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-6-18 – 10:35 p.m.

Violence across Marquette County in past 24 hours: From allegations of child abuse and sexual assault to all kinds of assault and battery, some with meth history- including habitual offender just gets out of federal prison found in a car by Marquette Police with bloody woman

Corey Allen Racine

Kirk William Bragenzer

Joshua Daniel Haske

Tyler Michael Tull

John Roland O’Neill

Eugene Walter Lefler

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

(Marquette, MI) – In the past 24 hours, police have delt with a lot of violence in Marquette County ivolving women and children – and many have a well-known public history including a habitual domestic violence convict, a meth dealer, and a guy who crashes a car into a Gwinn bar and tried to flee – fought with cops.

Due to the criminal history, some of these guys have longer stories than usual.

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A Marquette County man has been arrested again on federal charges supervised release violation charges for yet another incident with a bloody woman – this after going to prison in 2013 for being a “habitual batterer” for beating women including at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC).

****U.P. Breaking News has been unable to find a photo of Bradley Joseph Hase, and we’d like one. Remember anyone who can provide us a photo – we never, ever reveal sources

Some of his victims were female tribal members – while Hase is white (non-tribal).

47-year-old Bradley Joseph Hase of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 7:12 p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.
Hase apparently was just released from federal prison.
Hase is being held without bond on a federal detainer.

Read the federal documents or download then for details – we paid for them:

Filed 3-6-18 – Hearing set for 3-8-18 for Bradley Joseph Hase

3-5-18 Federal arrest summons for Bradley Joseph Hase

Hase has been ordered to appear for a revocation of supervised release hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley on Tuesday, March 8, 2018.

Hase was arrested by Marquette Police on March 2, 2018 after he was discovered with alcohol in his blood (allegedly .176) – a direct violation of his supervised release conditions after recently being sprung after serving five years federal prison.

Hase denied he attacked a bloody woman in the car – and the alleged victim – Renee Bressette said she was injured falling at Remillard’s Bar and in the front seat of the car.

A passerby had called police to report a man was not allowing a woman to get out of a car. Bressette had injured bloody lips, blood in her hair, and police found blood in the vehicle. Both were intoxicated. Hase had cuts on abrasions on his forehead and hands – that he said resulted in a bar fight with two men a short while earlier.
On Oct.18, 2013, was order jailed following his September 4, 2013 indictment for assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault – habitual offender. The order came from U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley at federal court in Marquette Michigan.

In March 2014, Hase, then 43 years old, was sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole and then three years supervised released by U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell in Marquette.

The habitual batterer was charged by federal prosecutors in Marquette under a crackdown on violence against women happening on tribal lands by then U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr.

The Marquette federal prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul D. Lochner who still specializes in these cases with Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Bobee.

On November 6, 2013, Hase pleaded guilty to count two of a federal indictment charging him with domestic assault by an habitual offender.

On February 3, 2013, Hase violently assaulted a KBIC women at a residence in Marquette County on KBIC reservation land. Hase assaulted his girlfriend including grabbing her by the face and throat and pulling out her hair.

At that point, Hase had been convicted twice of domestic violence offenses in the Marquette County 96th District Court and was on probation for one of those offenses at the time of the assault in this case.

The case was investigated by the Marquette FBI office, KBIC Tribal Police and the Chocolay Township Police Department.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0326_BHase.html

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005/pdf/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005-0.pdf

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005/pdf/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00005-1.pdf

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A convicted meth dealer who was released from prison about 4 months ago has been busted on a parole violation.

The man has admitted he needs help because Meth is an addictive, terrible, one helluva drug that destroys lives. Meth sucks the life out of its users.

Corey Allen Racine

Corey Allen Racine

28-year-old Corey Allen Racine of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at a.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
Racine is booked on an inmate detainer/parole violation.
Bond for Racine is not set
On July 22, 2016, convicted meth dealer Corey Racine was sentenced to three to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty and admitting meth is a terrible addiction and he wanted help.

Corey Allen Racine

If he behaved, Racine was eligible to serve time at a state boot camp under the Special Alternative Incarceration program. He pleaded guilty to delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine for an incident on Oct. 12, 2015.

Racine was paroled to Marquette County on Oct. 24, 2017 with two years left on his probation/parole. Racine’s probation was scheduled to run through April 24, 2019.

His supervised release conditions including the usual restrictions like do not do drugs or alcohol, can’t possess weapons or commit crimes, never hang with other convicted felons, and even has a tether provision.

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=974925

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Two men have booking info for the exact same time of arrest – not sure if the cases are connected:

Kirk William Bragenzer

A Gwinn man is back in trouble after making the news when he crashed his car into a bar and then struggled with cops.

27-year-old Kirk William Bragenzer of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 12:10 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Bragenzer is charged with first-degree home invasion, illegal entry, felony firearms weapons charge, convicted felon in possession of a weapon, and possession of marijuana.
Bond is not set for most of the charges against Bragenzer.

In Oct. 2016, Bragenzer, then 25 years old, was arrested on charges of two-year felony assaulting police/resisting arrest and obstructing, and two two-year misdemeanors – operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and unlawful use of motor vehicle.

During the midnight hour on Oct. 13, 2016, Forsyth Township Police were told a vehicle has crashed into the Happy Hour Bar on M-35, in Gwinn. Bragenzer then fled the scene in his green Toyota – but the trashed auto stopped working in a nearby parking lot. Bragenzer had taken the now destroyed car without the owner’s permission.
Meanwhile In Sept. 2015, Bragenzer, then 24, was sentenced to 93 days in jail for a June 18, 2015 arrest for breaking and entering without owner’s permission.

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Joshua Daniel Haske

27-year-old Joshua Daniel Haske of Skandia, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 12:10 p.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Haske is charged with domestic assault.

Bond has not been set for Haske.

Details of the alleged assault have not been released

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A Negaunee man, with a meth past, is arrested for the second time in three months – this time for CSC and assault.

Tyler Michael Tull

Tyler Michael Tull

27-year-old Tyler Michael Tull of Negaunee, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:13 a.m. ET Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
Tull is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and assault and battery.
Bond is not set for Tull.
Tull was sentenced to a year in prison in May 2015 for possession of analogues.

http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=971181

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/12/04/accused-of-attacking-a-woman-stealing-two-convicts-one-a-federal-fugitive-and-another-with-a-recent-meth-related-conviction-in-alger-county-busted-on-domestic-violence-and-shopli/

It was only three months ago that Tull was arrested and we did a story:

27-year-old Tyler Michael Tull of Negaunee, MI remains jailed tonight after being booked into the MCJ about 6:30 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 3, 2017.
Tull is charged with one count each of first degree retail fraud and domestic assault. Bond is not set.
Tull is an active parolee/probationer with the state of Michigan in connection with a meth investigation in Alger County.
Tull was sentenced in Alger County in January 2016 and received a “discharged status” on January 10, 2017.
Records conflict but it appears Tull spent a year in prison.

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John Roland O’Neill

46-year-old John Roland O’Neill of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.

O’Neill is charged with fourth-degree child abuse.

Bond for O’Neill is $5,000.

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Eugene Walter Lefler

28-year-old Eugene Walter Lefler of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:20 p.m. ET Monday, March 5, 2018.

Lefler is charged with felony aggravated assault.

Bond for Lefler is not set.

In October 2016, Lefler, then 27 and of Gwinn, was sentenced to at least 90 days in jail (and up to one year) for a July 2016 attack involving aggravated assault and domestic violence.

Lefler also received two years probation and $2,100 in fines/costs.

 

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fyi
We wre going to report the arrest of two Marquette County men – but decided not to lump them with the violence above – even though they are facing charges that are serious enough.

They are charged with failure to return rental property valued between $200 and $1,000; and the other was felony third offense of drunken driving charge – operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI). The second charge being particularly troubling. We also understand Forsyth Township Police are looking for a CSC suspect – more on that later.

A convicted sex offender picked up for noncompliance and drunk driving, several people who have past drug charges are arrested again including a Marquette woman accused of meth, fighting police – and bringing drugs to jail – this after being arrested last year in Iron Mountain for meth, several domestic violence or assault cases including one of the Hannahville “cocaine cousins”

Upper Peninsula Breaking News Bulletin – 3-3-18 –3:35 p.m. Update with additional assault booking

Elijah Blu McCoy

19-year-old Elijah McCoy of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 11:11 a.m. ET today, Sat., March 3, 2018. 

McCoy is charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder.
Bond has not been set for McCoy.

McCoy of Marquette, MI was also booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:13 p.m. on Monday night, Dec. 11, 2017 on a felony charge of aggravated assault.

Details on the alleged assault have not been released by law enforcement.

Bond is set at $5,000.

McCoy is a native of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, according to his Facebook page.

McCoy made the news in April 2017 when he was one of three Marquette teens charged with holding a juvenile against his will and assaulting him at a home on the 300 block of County Road 550 in Marquette County.

McCoy has his charged reduced and was released on bond. He was sent to circuit court on charges of felony unlawful imprisonment and misdemeanor assault.

McCoy has been in trouble with the law numerous times and even has a state record and is on probation for a Sept. 2014 second degree home invasion in Chippewa County.

MDOC Number: 956844

9:05 a.m. ET –

Marquette/Escanaba area arrests in overnight and Friday: Marquette woman busted this morning on meth and fighting with police charges, a non-compliant convicted sex offender arrested for drunk driving, one vicious assault and two domestic violence cases including one of the “cocaine cousins” from Wilson

Gregory David Kauppila

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

Hannahville Cocaine Cousins and Jokers including Lucas Sagataw

28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI

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

(Marquette/Escanaba) – Arrests in the past 24 hours including several assaults – as one of the “cocaine cousins” is charged with domestic violence, a non-compliant convicted sex offender busted for dunk driving, and a Marquette woman charged in meth case is arrested again early today and allegedly fought with police.

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

A Marquette County woman, already charged in a Dickson County meth bust, was arrested this morning a numerous felonies ranging from several drug charges to assaulting a police officer.

21-year-old Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 6:08 a.m. ET this morning Sat., March 3, 2018

Thompson is charged this morning with assault on a police officer, possession of methamphetamine, use of a non-narcotic controlled substance, and furnishing contraband to jail prisoners. Bond for Thompson has not been set.

In July 2017, Thompson was among four people arrested in an Iron Mountain parking lot and charged with the sale/manufacture of methamphetamine.
The four were in a suspicious vehicle that left a local motel and pulled into the parking lot. The others arrested were from Gwinn, St. Ignace, and Rapid River.
Using a Gwinn address at the time, Thompson with two counts of delivery/manufacture methamphetamine and second-offense habitual offender.

Assisting Iron Mountain Department of Public Safety officers in that bust were the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) and a Michigan State Police K-9 from the Iron Mountain Post. Plus Marquette agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) opened an investigation, and some of those involved were on state and federal probation.

Those charges were authorized Dickinson County Prosecutor Lisa Richards.

Meanwhile in Feb. 2016, Thompson, then 18, of Gwinn was sentenced to six months probation for third-degree retail fraud in Marquette County District Court.

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Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI

Hannahville Cocaine Cousins and Jokers including Lucas Sagataw

A Hannahville man very familiar to the feds and not unfamiliar to drug charges has been arrested for domestic violence.
He was one of the infamous jokesters we dubbed “cocaine cousins.”
33-year-old Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 3:16 p.m. on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Sagataw is charged with domestic violence.
In April 2017,
Bond for Sagataw has not been set. He also lists a Minneapolis address.

Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI

In July 2008, Sagataw, then 24, was among 19 people arrested on federal drug charges – and was charged with three counts of distribution of marijuana.
In addition, U.P. Breaking News dubbed Sagataw and his cousin – the Hannahville Cocaine Cousins.

The pair were charged with delivery of cocaine on an Indian Reservation – with kids present.

In July 2014, Sagataw was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison during a plea bargain on the cocaine charges.

In April 2017, Sagataw was sentenced to 12 months in prison for two federal courts of consumption of alcohol, that violated his probation from the cocaine case. Federal prison doesn’t have parole, so he must have been given some credit for time served – otherwise he would still be in federal prison until April 2018.

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22-year-old Michael D. Cole of Escanaba, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 3:11 p.m. on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Cole is charged with domestic violence.
Bond for Cole is $500.

If you have a photo of Mr. Cole, please send it privately to U.P. Breaking News.

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28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI

28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:19 p.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Fosco is charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder.
Bond for Fosco has not been set.
Fosco got off probation last July for a drug crime – delivery/manufacture of a Narcotic/Cocaine.

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Gregory David Kauppila

Gregory David Kauppila

Gregory David Kauppila

A convicted sex offender on probation for not registering in Marquette County was picked up Friday Night for drunk driving has yet again been charged with failure to register as a sex offender as required by law.

26-year-old Gregory David Kauppila was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:22 p.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.

Kauppila is charged with sex offender failure to register and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (OUIL).

In Marquette County Circuit Court during June 2016, Kauppila was sentenced to 180 days jail and five years probation plus about $800 in fines/costs for being a sex offender who failed to comply with the law.

In Sept. 2010, Kauppila was convicted in Marquette of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (multiple variables).

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A downstate man was arrested Friday morning on a felony drunken driving charge in Marquette County.
52-year-old Randy Lee Nagle of Howard City, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 9:17 a.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Nagle is charged with felony third-offense operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI).
Bond has not been set for Nagle.

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Arrests in Marquette County in past 36 hours include rape, home invasion, five people on drug charges, one elderly man charged with stalking and another senior with domestic violence – and those arrested are from four U.P. counties

Upper Peninsula Breaking News Bulletin – 3-1-18 – 9 p.m. ET

U.P. residents from Baraga county to Chippewa County to Marquette County to Iron County arrested in separate cases for CSC, home invasion, five drugs arrests

Daniel Victor Larson of Gwinn, MI

Cindy Lou Knapp of Baraga, MI

John Daniel O’Neill of Ishpeming, MI

Silas Dunn of Cedarville, MI

John Lionel Lufkins of Brimley, MI

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

(Marquette County, MI) – Residents of four Upper Peninsula Counties were jailed in Marquette, MI in past 36 hours involving mostly separate cases ranging from rape, to home invasion, to meth analogues and other drugs – plus two elderly men from western Marquette County were arrested – one for domestic violence and another for stalking.

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Daniel Victor Larson of Gwinn, MI

A Gwinn man was arrested Wednesday night on a rape-related charge involving a K.I. Sawyer female under the age of 17.
40-year-old Daniel Victor Larson of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:22 p.m. ET on Wed., Feb. 28, 2018.
Larson is charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct, a charged authorized by the office of Marquette County Prosecutor Matt Weise.
Forsyth Township Police Department officers investigated the sexual assault after it was reported on Feb. 6, 2018 at the 100 block of Crusader Street at K.I. Sawyer – the victim’s home where Larson was a guest.
Forsyth Township police were assisted by Child Protective Services, and Michigan State Police polygraph experts. The latter unit being a hint but it was never officially explained.
Bond has not been set.

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70-year-old Charles Joseph Schwarz of Negaunee, MI was released on bond Wednesday afternoon after being arrested for stalking.
Schwarz was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 9:29 a.m. ET on Wed., Feb. 28, 2018 – and released on bond less than three hours later.
Schwarz was released on a $2,5000 bond for the stalking charge.
He formerly lived in Gaylord and Vanderbuilt, MI.

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62-year-old Robert P. Pegenau of Ishpeming, MI booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:15 p.m. ET on Tues., Feb. 27, 2018.
Pegenau is charged with domestic assault.
Pegenau was released Wednesday afternoon on a $5,000 bond.

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Meth suspects are facing possible drug charges in connection with a domestic dispute call turned into an alleged one-pot meth lab and meth components Wednesday Night in Forsyth Township

The incident happened about 10:30 pm. Wed., Feb. 28, 2018 at 408 Packet Street involving a man and a woman.

Among those assisting on the scene were the UPSET drug team, Forsyth Township Police Department, Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department and Marquette County Rescue 131.

Police have not released the suspects names. Those arrested since the original call include:

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46-year-old Ronald Gail Hesse, Jr. of Crystal Falls, MI booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:07 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
He also has past addresses in Iron Mountain plus downstate and Oregon.
Hesse is charged with possession of a controlled substance – an analogue, and contempt of court.
Bond for Hesse is set at just over $10,000. He was recently being held in the Dickinson County Jail.

If you have a photo of Mr. Hesse please send it privately to U.P. Breaking News

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Cindy Lou Knapp of Baraga, MI

60-year-old Cindy Lou Knapp of Baraga, MI booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at about 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
Knapp s charged with delivery/manufacture of a non-narcotic controlled substance.
Bond for Knapp has not been set.

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John Daniel O’Neill of Ishpeming, MI

32-year-old John Daniel O’Neill of Ishpeming, MI booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:06 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
O’Neill is charged with second-degree home invasion and possession of marijuana.
Bond for O’Neill is set at $7,500.

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John Lionel Lufkins of Brimley, MI

18-year-old John Lionel Lufkins of Brimley, MI booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 1:26 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
Lufkins is charged with possession of marijuana.
Lufkins formerly lived in Bay Mills.
Lufkins was released at 9:06 a.m. on a $2,500 bond.

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Silas Dunn of Cedarville, MI

19-year-old Silas Joseph Dunn of Cedarville, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 12:44 a.m. ET on Thurs., March 1, 2018

Dunn was charged with possession of marijuana and released on a $2,500 bond at 11:01 a.m.

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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

(Scroll down to read all new federal indictments – download for free as we paid for them  another one of those five hour reads like meth trial)

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

Jacob A. Porath got lucky and slid with probation while dozens got big time prison in LaCrosse, WI area Mexican Meth Cartel Case – but apparently didn’t learn a lesson – busted while on probation in Marquette County for shoplifting

Wisconsin man who was part of a Mexican drug cartel meth ring – was busted Monday night in Marquette County for shoplifting

Among 17 taken down in probe into Mexican Meth Ring operating in the LaCrosse area and surrounding Wisconsin counties

Jacob A. Porath

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

(Marquette, MI) – A Wisconsin man sentenced to probation last year in a very big Mexican meth cartel case involving hundreds of pounds the highly addictive drug – is now in trouble in Marquette County, MI.

37-year-old Jacob A. Porath of LaCrosse, WI was booked into the MCJ at 9:36 p.m. Monday night, Feb. 5, 2018.

Porath is charged with third-degree retail fraud. The location of the alleged theft has not been released.

Michigan Law: Third-degree retail fraud is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and/or $500 fine (or 3 times the value of the difference in price, property stolen, or money/ property obtained, whichever is greater

If you have information on the Marquette County arrest, please contact U.P. Breaking News privately.

Jacob Porath

Jacob Porath

 

Bond for Porath is $2,500.

Not sure why he has bond set – when his Wisconsin meth probation was allegedly violated by his arrest in Marquette, Michigan

Jacob A. Porath

Jacob A. Porath

Porath was among 17 people busted in 2015 in meth trafficking ring that imported hundreds of pounds of high-grade methamphetamine manufactured by Mexican drug cartels into La Crosse and surrounding Wisconsin counties.

Police recovered large amounts of methamphetamine, guns, and money during the probe.

Last year, Porath was sentenced to three years probation – while others received heavy prison sentences.

Name: Jacob A. Porath

City/State: LaCrosse, WI

8-09-2017

Manufacture/Deliver Meth (<3g) freed on $10,000.00 Cash

8-09-2017:

Probation Violation, No Bond

Bail Jumping-Misdemeanor

Hold For Justice Sanctions

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Charges in Vernon, WI in April 2012:

False imprisonment

Resisting or Obstructing an Officer

Disorderly Conduct