Macklin C. Haye

A Petrolia man, charged alongside his girlfriend after a home invasion revealed a drug operation in their home, was sentenced in two cases this week.

Macklin C. Haye, 25, was sentenced to a total of 9 to 18 months in Butler County Prison, followed by 36 months of probation, as well as 60 months of the county Intermediate Punishment Program, with 12 months on house arrest with electronic monitoring by President Judge Thomas Doerr.

He also was ordered to pay court costs and $2,500 in fines, complete 150 hours of community service, an Alcohol Highway Safety School, a Victim Impact Panel, the county litter pickup program, a Court Reporting Network evaluation, and any recommended drug and alcohol treatment.

Doerr also permitted his probation to be transferred to Allegheny County.

Haye’s attorney, Lee Rothman, said his client has spent the minimum nine months in Butler County Prison and was eligible for parole. Doerr gave Haye time-served credit.

Haye was charged after a home invasion June 8 at their house in the 300 block of Petrolia Road revealed that Haye and his girlfriend selling marijuana and manufacturing THC wax.

State police investigating the home invasion, where three people broke into the house and confronted the couple, said suspected marijuana, contraband and suspicious equipment was witnessed during that investigation.

Read more about this case in Sunday’s Butler Eagle.