James Matuke

An inmate is accused of smuggling heroin into Butler County Prison.

James T. “Tony” Matuke III, 29, who has no known address, was arraigned Thursday on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance by an inmate.

Prison officers July 20 found eight stamp bags and four empty bags of suspected heroin within legal papers that were on Matuke's bunk in a cell in the restricted housing unit, according to court documents.

The defendant was booked into the jail July 18, after county probation officers arrested him with suspected heroin at a house where he had been staying.

Butler County detectives said the drugs found at the home and later at the prison were packaged identically — in white bags marked in red ink with the word “Selfie” and in green ink with the picture of a camera.

District Judge William Fullerton arraigned Matuke from prison by video, and set bail at $25,000. A preliminary hearing is set Monday.

Court records show Matuke in March was sentenced to the county Intermediate Punishment Program in Butler County Court in three separate drug cases from 2014.

He pleaded guilty in those cases to two felony counts of conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.

His 36-month IPP sentence called for the first 90 days to be served in the county prison or to be spent in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, followed by 90 days house arrest with electronic monitoring and reporting to the Day Reporting Center.

The Day Reporting Center program allows defendants to remain in the community and receive appropriate substance abuse treatment.

He was given probation for the remainder of his sentence.