Doc’s wife enters plea to drug charges

Loren Michelle Toelle, the wife of Coeur d’Alene gastroenterologist Stanley Alvin Toelle, pleaded not guilty to felony drug distribution in federal court Thursday. Her son, Sean Lee Jackson, pleaded not guilty to related drug charges at the same hearing in Coeur d’Alene. Both are Las Vegas residents and are in federal custody, and both were appointed public defenders. They are among eight defendants, including Dr. Toelle, indicted in an alleged multistate drug trafficking ring. Federal prosecutors allege the defendants were involved in distribution of heroin, methamphetamine and oxycodone pills in Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, Las Vegas, Missoula and parts of North Dakota, including Williston, Fargo, and in and around the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.