HILO, Hawai'i — A public school teacher is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 13 in Honolulu for her role in a crystal methamphetamine distribution ring.

Lynn M. Dionise, 51, could be sentenced to life in prison and fined up to $4 million by U.S. District Judge David Ezra. Her case was originally before Judge Helen Gillmor, who retired at the end of June.

Dionise pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of using the telephone to conspire to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

Dionise also has an Oct. 12 trial date in Hilo Circuit Court on state charges of first-degree methamphetamine trafficking, second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug, third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.

That case stems from an April 29, 2008, raid of her Hale Moana condominium in Keaukaha.

Police reportedly found four packets of crystal methamphetamine totaling 6.8 grams, less than a third of a gram of marijuana, and $13,245 in cash that police say was in a closet safe.

According to the federal indictment, Dionise was one of 10 people involved in a methamphetamine distribution ring.

Dionise, a former special education teacher at Keaukaha Elementary School, remains listed as a Hawai'i District Office teacher on the state Department of Education Web site, which is updated monthly.