Mocko receives suspended sentence for drug charge

Teresa Carr Mocko will serve two years of a suspended five-year sentence after pleading guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs in Lincoln County District Court.

Judge Matthew Cuffe handed down the sentence Dec. 9 after Mocko, 59, of Eureka, struck a plea deal with prosecutors. Authorities arrested Mocko on Sept. 26 after learning she was frequenting known drug houses, according to court documents.

After conducting a traffic stop, authorities found a bag containing about two grams of methamphetamine tucked into her bra and two pens converted into snort tubes, court documents said.

Mocko changed her plea in Lincoln County District Court on Nov. 4.