IRON MOUNTAIN – A woman who contributed to the operation of a methamphetamine lab in her Iron Mountain apartment has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Anita Ruth Lindlbauer, 32, was sentenced Tuesday in Dickinson County Circuit Court on one felony count of operating or maintaining a methamphetamine lab and a probation violation.

In addition to serving the prison sentence, Lindlbauer is responsible with her co-defendant for paying more than $8,000 in restitution.

The charge against Lindlbauer stems from an Oct. 2 incident in Iron Mountain.

Acting on a tip, Iron Mountain Police Department officers responded to an apartment located at 501 Pewabic Street to investigate a suspected methamphetamine lab. They found and seized various ingredients used to manufacture methamphetamine, as well as finished methamphetamine.

According to the criminal complaint, Lindlbauer lived in the apartment, and admitted to supplying materials for the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Her co-defendant, 42-year-old Dennis Daniel Schuirmann of Kingsford, admitted to producing methamphetamine in the apartment.

Schuirmann was sentenced earlier this year to serve four years and two months in prison.

For details on the sentencing hearing, see Wednesday’s edition of The Daily News.