Johnson sentenced to three years in drug case

BESSEMER — A Ramsay man was sentenced to three years in prison in Gogebic County Circuit Court Tuesday on drug charges.

Michael Scott Johnson, 21, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Pope on charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin with intent to sell.

Pope sentenced Johnson to 23 months in prison for the heroin charge and 13 months for the meth charge, ruling the sentences must not only be served consecutively to one another, but will only begin once Johnson completes a three-year prison term he is serving in Wisconsin.

Both crimes carry a maximum sentence of 20 ye...