Joshua Pisor

A Hilliards man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin in Butler County Court on Wednesday.

Joshua L. Pisor, 29, entered a guilty plea to felony conspiracy to drug delivery before county Judge William Shaffer.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 11½ to 23 months in Butler County Prison, as well as fines, when he is sentenced on Sept. 21.

Pisor was initially charged with felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and illegally possessing a firearm following an incident that allegedly occurred on June 15, 2015.

At the time charges were filed, he was serving time in the county facility since Nov. 7, 2016, for failing to pay child support.

State police in Butler allege that Pisor was helping his father, Richard H. Pisor Jr., distribute narcotics out of his Stalker Road home, where he was living at the time.

A search of the home turned up 179 stamp bags of heroin and 578 prescription pills that were stashed in a vinyl cooler, police said. A rifle also was found under a bed in the home's basement where Joshua Pisor was living. Because of a 2007 conviction for burglary, he is barred by state law from possessing any firearms.

Richard Pisor previously admitted the heroin and pills “were his and that he sold it,” according to a police affidavit. He also implicated his son, saying he would provide money to Joshua Pisor to pick up the drugs in Cranberry Township, that would later be distributed.

Richard Pisor was arrested immediately after the search of his home in June 2015. He subsequently pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking and in 2016 was sentenced to 3½ to 10 years in state prison.

He is serving his term at the State Correctional Institution-Laurel Highlands.