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A number of undercover drug purchases that date back to November 2017 led to 14 felony charges filed Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court against a 56-year-old Racine woman.

Louriean M. Bonner is charged with seven felony counts of maintaining a drug-trafficking place, six felony counts of delivery of a schedule I or II narcotic/possession with intent to deliver, and one felony count of delivery of a schedule I narcotic.

If convicted of all 14 charges, Bonner faces a total fine of $420,000 and 1291/2 years in prison.

According to the criminal complaint: Officers with the Racine County Sheriff’s Office Metro Drug Unit used a confidential informant to make undercover purchases Nov. 14, Dec. 7 and 8, 2017; and Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and 5 this year.

The informant met with Bonner at 700 Lake Ave. and purchased 10 Percocet pills and five Vicodin Nov. 14, 2017 and 20 Vicodin pills Dec. 7 and 8.

Bonner made her initial court appearance Thursday.

Rex Davenport

Rex Davenport is a reporter, editor and editorial project manager with more than 40 years of experience in newspaper, business magazines and other content channels.