Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
Bessemer — An Ironwood woman was sentenced to probation and time served for two misdemeanor drug charges Monday in Gogebic County District Court.
Rebecca Jade Gibbons, 22, was sentenced to 18 months probation and 19 days credit for jail time previously served on the charges of disorderly person-loitering about an illegal business and use of cocaine.
The charges relate to a Gogebic-Iron Area Narcotics Team; Drug Enforcement Agency and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms search of a Bessemer house at approximately 6 a.m., Jan. 20.
The early morning search of the Lead Street house turned up what authorities allege is 340 grams of methamphetamine, 194 grams of cocaine and 27 grams of heroin, according to the federal criminal complaint against the owner of the house, Jeremy James Whitebird, 34.
Whitebird was indicted Feb. 22 on 10 federal charges — three counts of distribution of meth, one count of possession of meth with intent to distribute, one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, one count of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premise, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of a felon possessing ammunition.
He is scheduled to go to trial on Aug. 7.
After the search, a GIANT spokesperson estimated the street value of the drugs at more than $50,000.
Currency, firearms, marijuana and ammunition were also seized from the property.
Gibbons pleaded guilty to the charges May 15. She is one of four co-defendants charged in the case, two others of which have already been sentenced.
Corey Allan Tutor, 34, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, use of cocaine and disorderly person-loitering about an illegal business. He was sentenced to the 130 days in jail he already served, as well as assorted fines and costs.
Carlos Jordan, 30, pleaded guilty May 15 to three misdemeanors — use of meth, use of a narcotic and disorderly person-loitering around an illegal business. He was sentence to the 33 days already served in jail, as well as two years of probation.
All three had originally faced more serious charges, but amended charges were filed in their cases as investigation made clear the evidence didn’t fit the original charges.