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The fiancee of a Bull Valley man recently sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to a large drug business has pleaded guilty to her part in the operation and was sentenced to probation.

Jamie Lee, 27, pleaded guilty Thursday to one misdemeanor charge of manufacturing/delivering between 2.5 and 10 milligrams of marijuana, according to McHenry County records.

She was sentenced to two years of probation and 30 hours of community service. She also is restricted from possessing a firearm or any “other dangerous weapon” and must submit to at least three random drug screenings, according to the sentencing order filed in the courthouse.

In exchange for her guilty plea several other more serious charges were dismissed, including class X felony cannabis trafficking and the manufacturing and delivery of more than 5,000 grams. Convictions on those counts could have landed her in prison, according to the website.

Her fiance, David Soskin, 43, recently pleaded to felony possession with intent to deliver more than 5,000 grams of marijuana.

The two were charged last year with multiple felony counts after a raid of their 17,000-square-foot Bull Valley mansion that sits on 30 acres turned up 340 pounds of pot valued between $1 million and $3 million, about $40,000 in cash and multiple firearms including a .50 caliber machine gun and ammunition.

The raid wrapped up the end of a monthslong investigation that also resulted in the arrest of Joseph Vogrinc, 35, of Loves Park. Both men had been the focus of an ongoing investigation into multistate drug trafficking in the Rockford area, Rockford police and prosecutors said last year.

Vogrinc is charged with possession with intent to deliver and is set for a negotiated plea in Winnebago County on Tuesday, according to Winnebago County circuit clerk officials.

The conclusion of Lee’s and Soskin’s cases also included the surrender of all claims to weapons retrieved from the mansion, the forfeiture of 18 flat-screen TVs, a travel trailer, nearly $79,000 in cash and real estate including the mansion, according to McHenry County prosecutors.

Amanda Marrazzo is a freelance reporter.

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