An alleged drug trafficker is back behind bars after authorities say he skipped his trial in Butler County Court last week.

Hasan Shareef, 42, is being held in Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail. His next scheduled court appearance is Oct. 11 for jury selection.

A multistate felon, Shareef was the target of a manhunt which began Aug. 16, when he failed to appear for his non-jury trial in President Judge Thomas Doerr's courtroom.

He is up for trial in a felony drug and firearms case that dates back to 2016.

Doerr issued a bench warrant for the no-show defendant. Court officials, including Shareef's attorney, had an idea where he might be.

The day before his trial Shareef had telephoned his court-appointed attorney, Armand Cingolani III, and his probation officer, telling them he would not be in court.

Instead, authorities said, he advised he was checking himself into a drug treatment facility in Pittsburgh. Shareef told his probation officer he would be at Pyramid Healthcare detox center.

Prosecutor Terri Schultz learned of Shareef's unauthorized plan and notified the Butler County Sheriff's Office, which in turn alerted the Allegheny County sheriff.

Deputies from Allegheny County about 7 p.m. Friday paid a visit to Pyramid, where they nabbed Shareef.

He eventually was placed in Allegheny County Jail until Butler County deputies returned him here Monday.

Schultz on Thursday said her office is considering whether to charge him with default in required appearance for allegedly skipping trial.

At Shareef's bail revocation hearing Tuesday, Doerr rescinded the suspect's prior bond and imposed the new one.

Shareef previously got out of the county jail on Jan. 26, 2017, under the state's “speedy trial” rule that requires the state to bring a case to trial within 180 days of arrest or release the defendant on nominal bail.

Before his release, Shareef had been locked up on $750,000 bail following his arrest May 27, 2016.

State police arrested him at a Butler apartment while they were serving a search warrant in connection with an unrelated burglary investigation.

Troopers found him alone in the home, where he allegedly had been staying. He was searched and found with $2,570 in currency and carrying New York state identification.

Police subsequently turned up a large amount of drugs they say belonged to Shareef. Among the contraband were 407 stamp bags of suspected heroin, five bags of powder cocaine and seven bags of crack cocaine.

Additionally, they seized prescription medication and pills, digital scales, two loaded pistols, a shotgun and ammunition.

Because of the defendant's criminal record, which includes felony convictions in five states, according to police, he is barred under state law from having guns.

He is charged with felony counts of drug possession and illegal firearms possession.

Doerr previously granted a defense motion to sever the gun charge from the drug charges.

That decision was made because introduction of the defendant's prior convictions that make him ineligible to possess a firearm could unfairly prejudice the jury considering the drug charges.

The non-jury trial Aug. 16 was on the lone felony firearms charge. Shareef's trial on the felony drug charges would come later.

But that's not all. He has another case related to the 2016 search pending in Butler County Court.

State police in January of this year charged him with a felony count of receiving stolen property after investigators eventually determined one of the seized guns — a .22-caliber pistol — had been taken from the owner without her knowledge or permission.