Pgh. man pleads guilty to felony drug charges
A Pittsburgh man, charged alongside four others with drug delivery in Butler County, pleaded guilty to the crime in county court on Wednesday.
Bryant K. Wells Jr., 26, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to two felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance — heroin and crack cocaine — before county Judge Timothy McCune.
The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 24 to 48 months in state prison, and Wells Jr. is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 31.
He was initially charged with two counts of felony possession with intent to deliver, one count of criminal conspiracy, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, and two counts of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance alongside Jemeal M. Youngblood and Marcus A. Wells, both of Pittsburgh; Breanna J. Aldrich of Connellsville; and Maryrose M. Hatfield of Butler Township, after an incident on March 22.
The Butler County Drug Task Force filed the charges after a search warrant was executed at an apartment at 600 Hansen Ave., Lyndora, arresting the resident and four others.
Officers seized 215 stamp bags of suspected heroin, about 9 grams of crack cocaine packaged for sale, a small amount of marijuana and $664 in cash as well as multiple cell phones, according to court records.
Police had been investigating alleged drug sales at that apartment since mid-February.
Wells Jr. continues to be held on $75,000 bail; Marcus Wells and Youngblood on $50,000 bail each; and Hatfield on $25,000 bail. Aldrich posted her $25,000 bail the day after the charges.
The other four await further court proceedings.
