A suspected Butler drug dealer was arrested after police allegedly observed a confidential informant buy heroin from him last year.

Donald J. Hutchinson, 25, of West Penn Street, was arraigned Friday morning on two counts of felony drug possession and two counts of felony criminal use of a communication facility.

He was placed in Butler County Prison on $10,000 bond.

Hutchinson was investigated by officers with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics with help from the Butler County Drug Task Force.

In August, officers met with a confidential informant who told them that they were in contact with a drug dealer known as “Dutch,” according to the criminal complaint.

The informant on Aug. 22 arranged a meeting at Pullman Plaza with Hutchinson via cell phone. While under surveillance of two officers, the informant allegedly met Hutchinson and another man behind the plaza and exchanged cash for an unspecified amount of heroin.

On Aug. 29 the informant allegedly arranged another purchase of heroin while under surveillance near Penn Street.

Hutchinson has previous drug arrests and is a convicted felon, according to authorities.