4/3/2025

GOGEBIC COUNTY - A Bessemer woman involved in a local drug ring was sentenced yesterday in Gogebic County Court.  Stephanie Wanden was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court yesterday for one count of delivery/manufacturing of methamphetamine, to which she pled guilty as part of a plea agreement in January. The court ordered a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 20 years to be served in the Huron Valley Correctional Facility.  Wanden was originally charged with two additional charges — possession of meth and delivery/possession of a controlled substance in a park — but those were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.  Wanden was arrested last October with 6 other people: Cheyenne Chastain, Kassy Double, Lucas Johnson, Donald Morrison, Daniel Hecht, and Teresa Neri.  Double and Chastain were already sentenced for their charges.  Johnson is scheduled for a final pretrial Tuesday. Morrison is scheduled for a preliminary exam April 21.  Hecht posted bond in December and has not appeared in court since. A bench warrant was issued for him on Jan. 2.  Neri is scheduled for a motion hearing on May 6.