Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Gehrke sentenced to prison in Gogebic drug case

By RICHARD JENKINS

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BESSEMER - A Hurley woman who had fled the state prior to her initial sentencing hearing was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court Wednesday.

Tracy Lynn Gehrke, 44, was sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison on a count of delivering less than 50 grams of heroin. The charges carries a potential maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

She pleaded guilty to the charge on July 1 as part of a plea agreement that stipulated she would be sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Gehrke had originally been scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 12, but failed...