Sheriff's Office • 100 North Fifth Avenue West • Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (218) 726-2340 • www.stlouiscountymn.gov
Gordon Ramsay
Sheriff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 10/17/2024
Media Contact: Sgt. Luke Hendrickson
(218) 780-6728
Dylan Day and Bryan Hodapp sentenced in US District Court Minneapolis
On 10/16/2024, Dylan Adrian Day 01/25/1990, of Minneapolis and Bryan Joseph Hodapp 03/15/1987, of Gilbert were sentenced in United States District Court Minneapolis, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentencing stemmed from an overdose death investigation conducted by member of the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force that ended up with 2 adult males deceased and 1 female critically injured.
On 05/07/2022, multiple agencies responded to 4747 Chestnut Drive in Biwabik Township for a report of 2 males down and multiple others injured, after a suspected overdose. Mitchell Dale Saltzman 03/26/1981and Raymond John Lossing 11/24/1969, were pronounced dead at the scene and two females were transported to Essentia health. Catherine Marie Takanen 05/07/1963 was flown to a Duluth hospital with life threatening injuries and Hailey Marie Plunkett 04/16/1982 was treated and released from a local hospital.
Over the course of the investigation, it was found that Bryan Hodapp had facilitated a narcotics deal between Mitchell Saltzman and Dylan Day. Mitchell Saltzman and Hailey Plunkett made a trip to the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area to meet with an unidentified male and completed a narcotics transaction. The bodies of Saltzman and Lossing were found in the early morning hours of 05/07/2022 by a family member, along with the two surviving females.
Bryan Hodapp was sentenced to 160 months and Dylan Day was sentenced to 175 months in federal prison in connection with the events that took place on 05/07/2022.
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