(South Bend, IN) - A Michigan City resident is heading to a federal prison.

42-year-old Meliki Marion was involved in the sale of fentanyl in the Michigan City area. Marion and other members of the drug-selling ring told, at minimum, some of their buyers the pills they were purchasing were oxycodone, but they were actually fentanyl.

Marion was given nearly 11 years in a federal prison at the U.S. District Court in South Bend. 

Authorities note Marion and other co-defendants in the case were found with fentanyl when stopped by police while heading back to Michigan City in 2021.

Marion was also found with about $3,000 in cash while attempting to run away from her home in the midst of being searched.