A Slippery Rock man, picked up with a loaded pistol and a pile of Ecstasy in 2012, will spend 2 to 5 years in prison.

Keith R. Anderson, 52, was sentenced Tuesday on two felony charges: a firearms violation and drug possession with intent to deliver. He was sentenced Tuesday by Butler County Judge William Shaffer.

According to court records, Anderson was arrested following an August 2012 incident that began with an anonymous 911 call that sent police to the Cigarette Shoppe on West Jefferson Street shortly after 12:10 a.m.

The dispatcher told police that the caller kept repeating, “He’s got a gun,” according to a police report. The dispatcher could also hear in the background a man arguing.

Officers got to the store just as the suspect was trying to drive away in a Lincoln. Police used their patrol car to block him.

Police said they ordered Anderson and a passenger to get out of the car with their hands up. The passenger complied, but Anderson, who reached below his seat, did not.

Officers forced Anderson out of the Lincoln. They then spotted a holster that was in his rear waistband, the report said.

Police found on the driver’s side floor of the Lincoln, a Ruger .380-caliber pistol with one round in the chamber and a magazine clip with five more rounds.

Officers also seized a brown paper bag that held 80 Ecstasy pills, an additional 40 Ecstasy tablets, a folding knife and two small bags of suspected marijuana, according to court records.

Police believe that shortly before his arrest, Anderson had been at My Buddies Place on Pillow Street where he pointed the weapon at a different patron. That patron went to the Cigarette Shop to buy cigarettes and Anderson soon after arrived with the gun. That confrontation prompted the 911 call, according to court records.

Anderson, during sentencing, cried and apologized to the court and his family.

His attorney, Joseph Nash of Slippery Rock, told the judge that Anderson had a “rough life growing up on the streets” of Detroit. His mother died at an early age — she was beat to death — leaving him to be raised by disinterested family in a drug culture.

Anderson made efforts to get past that, Nash said. After his family home burned down as a teen, Anderson learned how to be a firefighter. He was a paid firefighter in Michigan, got married and had children.

But during that time, Anderson was injured, Nash said. The defendant used drugs to medicate his pain and eventually become addicted.

Anderson moved to Butler a handful of years ago, after marrying a second time.

Now, Nash said, Anderson still is married with two children. Anderson, Nash said, just wants to do his time and return to his family. His son is studying to be a dentist. His daughter wants to be a pediatrician, and Anderson’s first grandchild is on the way.

“He has a lot to look forward to,” Nash said.