Andrew J. Walters

A Slippery Rock man charged with firing a shotgun during a domestic dispute and then found with a large amount of marijuana, guns and cash, won the release of his seized arsenal in Butler County Court on Monday.

Judge William Shaffer granted a motion to return some of the seized property to Andrew J. Walters, 25. Shaffer granted a motion to have four firearms — a 12-gauge shotgun, an assault rifle and two handguns — as well as all related ammunition and accessories, released.

However, due to Walters subsequent sentence on charges of felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, the felony precludes him from owning firearms, so the order granted the weapons to be released by the state police and ownership transferred to another Slippery Rock man through Logan's Gun Gallery, a North Washington-based business.

Shaffer sentenced Walters to time served to 23½ months in the Butler County Prison, with immediate parole. Walters was also ordered to undergo two years’ probation following his parole, was ordered to pay court costs and to have no contact with the victims in the cases.

A full story appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.