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Las Vegas stripper pleads guilty to drug trafficking that ensnared CdA doc

Loren Michelle Toelle with her former husband, Dr. Stanley Toelle, of Coeur d'Alene.
Loren Michelle Toelle with her former husband, Dr. Stanley Toelle, of Coeur d'Alene.

A Las Vegas stripper, and ex-wife of a Coeur d’Alene physician, has pleaded guilty to being the head of a drug trafficking ring that stretched from North Idaho to North Dakota. Loren Michelle Toelle, 52, of Coeur d’Alene, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and conspiracy to launder money. She recently was divorced from Dr. Stanley Toelle, who also faces charges but claims that he had no idea that his stripper wife was using his money to develop a distribution ring to sell oxycodone, heroin and methamphetamine/



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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