Joshua Pisor

A Hilliards man was sentenced to county prison in Butler County Court on Thursday, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin.

Joshua L. Pisor, 30, was sentenced to 11½ to 23 months in Butler County Prison by Judge William Shaffer.

He also was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and was made work release eligible after previously pleading guilty to felony conspiracy to drug delivery on Aug. 16.

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.

State police in Butler said 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 warrant was conducted on the home and found 179 stamp bags of heroin and 578 prescription pills that were stashed in a vinyl cooler.

A rifle 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 pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking and in 2016 was sentenced to 3½ to 10 years in state prison.