Woman gets IP program in city drug case
A Butler woman was sentenced Wednesday to the county Intermediate Punishment Program after admitting to allowing a Philadelphia man to deal drugs out of her home.
Chelsey L. Schlagel, 23, was sentenced to 60 days in Butler County Prison and was immediately paroled. She was also ordered to complete four years in the county Intermediate Punishment Program, with the first nine months on house arrest with electronic monitoring, by Judge William Shaffer.
She was further ordered to pay court costs and complete a drug and alcohol evaluation and recommended treatment.
Schlagel pleaded guilty May 2 to felony conspiracy to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
The Butler County Drug Task Force filed the charges after an investigation into drug-related activity at her home in the 500 block of Fairground Hill Road.
Police said the investigation began when police were looking into Nafis A. Brown, 25, of Philadelphia, and began conducting surveillance of Schlagel's home, as it was known to be frequented by Brown.
On Oct. 2 Brown was seen exiting the home, getting into a vehicle and driving away. Police conducted a traffic stop for illegal window tinting, and Brown was found to be driving on a suspended license and possessing heroin. Brown was arrested and the task force, in turn, obtained a search warrant for the house.
Inside the home were Anthony L. Williams, 27, of Philadelphia, and Schlagel. Police said a back pack was found, which police said belonged to Brown and contained about 24 grams of crack, $5,380 in currency and drug packaging materials.
Officers also found Williams with $455 in currency and seized three more cell phones and a scale during the search, police said.
Schlagel previously admitted she was aware of the drug activity at her home.
Brown pleaded guilty March 14 to three felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and one count of conspiracy to commit possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in three cases and was sentenced to a total of 2 to 5 years in a state correctional facility.
Williams' charges were later dismissed.
