A Butler man held in Butler County Prison for a drive-by shooting has rejected a plea deal dropping the most serious charges he faced.

Raheem Jamar Robinson, 28, was called Thursday to be sentenced by Judge Timothy McCune for misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person and felony unlawful possession of a firearm.

As part of the plea deal, Assistant District Attorney Terri Schultz would have dropped the other 14 charges Robinson faced, including the most serious charge — attempted criminal homicide.

The agreement called for Robinson's incarceration for 4½ years to 10 years in state prison. But on Thursday, Robinson decided to reject the deal, rather than accept the sentence. Neither Robinson nor his lawyer, Charles Nedz, gave a reason for the about-face.

“I think we offered him a pretty good deal,” Schultz said. She noted that a hearing will be held during which McCune will decide if Robinson can withdraw his guilty plea.

“And if the judge grants it, we're back to square one,” Schultz said.

Robinson and Mackenzie Peters, 23, were arrested last year in a drive-by shooting on North Sixth Avenue. Robinson was originally charged with felony attempted homicide, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony persons not to possess a firearm, misdemeanor recklessly endangerment, tampering with or fabricating evidence and criminal conspiracy.

If McCune accepts Robinson's withdrawal, all of these charges will be resurrected.

According to police, Robinson and Peters were charged after Butler police said the pair was involved in an April 2018 incident on the 300 block of North Sixth Avenue. Authorities allege that Robinson fired shots at a group of people that included Kirisa Taimuty, the mother of Robinson's unborn twins. No injuries were reported.

“He's looking at a lot of time in this case if he's found guilty,” Schultz said. “As far as I'm concerned, if the judge accepts his withdrawal, then we'll take it to trial. I won't be offering any more plea deals.”

Schultz said about the rejection, “It's a slap in the face to me.”