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Ironwood man pleads to drug charges

By RICHARD JENKINS

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BESSEMER - An Ironwood man pleaded guilty to drug charges in Gogebic County Circuit Court Thursday.

Colton Samuel Carl Fontecchio, 23, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and operating while impaired as part of a plea agreement that will have two additional misdemeanors dismissed at sentencing. The agreement also calls for a county jail cap in the case, which would limit Fontecchio's sentence to less than one year.

The possession charge is a 10-year felony, while operating while impaired is a misdemeanor, with a potential maximum se...