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Major prescription drug bust in Baraga County

BARAGA, MI--   The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team is part of a group of law enforcement agencies that arrested 17 people in Baraga County on drug charges.  

The arrests happened Wednesday following a year-long investigation between UPSET, the FBI’s Upper Peninsula Safe Trails Task Force, and an agent from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The 17 suspects face federal, state, and tribal warrants that total 48 counts related to the sale and distribution of various narcotics in Baraga County.  They dealt mainly with prescription drugs and cocaine distribution. 

Five people were arraigned in Marquette Federal Court on Wednesday.  They are Teri Lynn Decota, James Frederick Shalifoe, Barbara Ann Loonsfoot, Cindy Lou Knapp and Clifford Keith Durant, Jr.

The case remains under investigation.

Also assisting were the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Police, the Baraga City Police, Baraga County Sheriff's Department, L'Anse City Police, the DEA, US Marshall's Office, Border Patrol, Homeland Security and the Michigan State Police.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.