Butler man sentenced to SIP in drug case
A Butler man, currently held in the state correctional facility in Camp Hill, was sentenced to the state Intermediate Punishment program in Butler County Court on Wednesday.
Jamie D. Howell, 48, was sentenced to 24 months of the program, followed by 24 months of state probation by county Judge Timothy McCune.
Howell previously pleaded guilty to two felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count of receiving stolen property on May 9.
He was transferred to the state facility and later determined to qualify for the state program, prompting the sentence Wednesday.
Butler County Drug Task Force detectives filed the charges after a search warrant was conducted on a house on West New Castle Street and found three bags of crack cocaine, a small amount of marijuana, and a semiautomatic Ruger 9 mm pistol with a partially obliterated serial number that was reported stolen from Philadelphia.
Also found were numerous items of drug paraphernalia, including scales and packaging materials, a box of .22 LR rounds, a semiautomatic Ruger 10-22 rifle with a detached loaded magazine, and a wallet that held ID cards of Howell.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
