Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Probation revocation draws prison sentence

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — A former Saxon, Wis., resident was sentenced to prison on Tuesday afternoon for revocation of probation conditions set on previous drug-related convictions.

Matthew Maslanka, 38, of Hurley, was sentenced by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden. The judge sentenced him to four years of prison, with the first three to be spent in confinement and the fourth year under extended supervision.

Maslanka was given credit for nearly a year spent in jail and will be eligible for the prison system “boot camp” and substance abuse programs.

The judge...