Man sentenced to 14 to 60 months in drug delivery
An East McKeesport man, accused of selling heroin in Butler County, was sentenced to state prison in Butler County Court on Thursday.
Shaquill O. Bell, 24, was sentenced to 14 to 60 months in a state prison by Judge William Shaffer.
He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
Bell previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance on Aug. 16.
His attorney, Public Defender Joseph Smith said his client has no prior record and has been incarcerated for six months on the charge.
“He plans on using this as a learning tool, with the intent to go back to school,” Smith said.
Bell was initially charged with two felony drug delivery counts and one count each of misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and resisting arrest after an incident in the 400 block of East Locust Street on March 20.
County probation officers had gone to an apartment for a compliance check, when they saw an unknown man try to climb out two different windows, according to court documents.
The suspect, later identified as Bell, eventually managed to run out the front door. The officers alerted police and gave chase.
Bell was seen throwing something under a porch on St. Mary's Street, which was later found to be a shopping bag with 206 bags of heroin.
Butler police officers chased him down in a yard on Rattigan Street. A search of Bell turned up a small amount of suspected marijuana, documents said, and $600 in cash.
Back at the house, police said, officers seized more than 100 additional bags of heroin and several grams of crack cocaine.
He was held in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail.
