A Lyndora man was sentenced to probation in Butler County Court on Thursday after being charged with causing a disturbance at the Butler County Courthouse in May.

Thomas A. Purcell, 25, was sentenced to 12 months county probation and ordered to pay a $100 fine by Judge William Shaffer, after previously pleading guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct on Sept. 11. He also was ordered to pay court costs and a $100 fine.

He also was initially charged with summary public drunkenness in an incident May 2.

The Butler County Sheriff's Office filed the charges after Purcell, who was suspected of being under the influence while in the building when court staff recommended he undergo a drug-screen evaluation, began yelling profanities before he left the courtroom and headed to the elevator.

He was eventually arrested and handcuffed. Still, documents said, he struggled, kicked at deputies and continued yelling profanities.

Purcell remains in Butler County Prison on $10,000 bail on an unrelated theft charge in an incident at a home on Summit Street Dec. 2.