Janeal Armstrong

A Philadelphia man charged alongside three others following a seven-hour standoff with police in December 2016, pleaded to multiple charges in Butler County Court on Monday.

Janeal Armstrong, 33, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of possession of marijuana before Judge William Shaffer.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 11½ to 23 months in Butler County Prison, fines and costs.

His attorney, Pat Casey, said Armstrong has been incarcerated for 13 months, making him eligible for immediate parole at sentencing. He is scheduled for the sentencing hearing Thursday.

He continues to be held on $100,000 bail pending Thursday's proceedings.

Armstrong was charged alongside Joseph J. Bell, 24, of Pittsburgh; and Michael L. Jackson, 25, and Kenneth T. Henry, 40, both of Philadelphia, after an incident at a home on the 400 block of Franklin Street.

Armstrong was initially charged with three felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

The remaining charge will be dismissed as part of the plea.

Jackson, Bell and Henry are accused of breaking into the home of Lisa Bishop and holding a gun under her chin while demanding to know where “Ginger” was.

After police were called, the men fled to an upstairs apartment.

During the incident, an officer reported seeing a black man holding what appeared to be a gun and trying to climb out of a window on the south side of the home before retreating inside.

Butler Township police and state police assisted Butler police in surrounding the building. Authorities tried to speak to the men, but they got no response.

A Special Weapons and Tactics team from Allegheny County was called to the scene and later found Armstrong hiding in an alcove behind the home. Police said he was carrying 31 stamp bags of suspected heroin, two plastic bags containing suspected crack cocaine, three bags of suspected marijuana and $700 in cash.

The SWAT team eventually launched tear gas into the building and located the three other men hiding in an attic above 430 Franklin St., which shares the space with Bishop's home at 428 Franklin St., ending the seven-hour standoff. They found no drugs on those three suspects, police said.

No guns were found either, after police searched all four men and the house. However a neighbor later called to report finding a 9 mm pistol near the home. Near the gun which was found with its serial number filed off, police also seized a 9 mm magazine, one 9 mm bullet and a loaded .380-caliber magazine.

Jackson later pleaded in the case and was released from county detention on time served.

Bell and Henry continue to be held awaiting further court proceedings on charges of burglary, conspiracy, assault and gun charges.