A Pittsburgh man will head to trial for his second felony drug case since March.

Rico Scott, 31, appeared Monday before District Judge William Fullerton, charged with two felony counts of drug sales, one felony count of criminally using a phone and misdemeanor counts of tampering with evidence and drug paraphernalia possession.

Fullerton moved forward all of those charges to Butler Common Pleas Court.

Scott was brought from Butler County Prison, where he is held in lieu of $2,500 bond. He also is being held on an additional $25,000 bond for a case that led to his arrest.

Detective Ryan Doctor, a city police officer who also works on the Butler County Drug Task Force, testified he saw Scott in the passenger seat of a vehicle on March 31. Doctor said he knew Scott had an active arrest warrant for monitored drug activity in January.

According to charging documents, city police organized a controlled drug deal in January during which Scott was seen taking money from a confidential informant before the informant was handed drugs by Brittany Williams, 31, of Butler.

Police filed identical charges against Williams, who on April 6 waived her preliminary hearing. Scott also waived his preliminary hearing April 11 on that case.

In court Monday, Doctor said with the arrest warrant in mind, he had officers in a marked cruiser stop the vehicle, which also had a suspended registration.

Doctor said Scott was arrested and taken to the city police station, where he was strip-searched.

“He attempted to hide something behind his back while fully naked,” Doctor said.

Doctor said the officer took the object, which appeared to be a “diaper” covered in feces. A diaper is a plastic bag with its corners cut off. The corners cut off diapers are commonly used to package drugs.

Doctor said he notified corrections officer there may be drugs inside Scott, and on April 1, jail staff reported a package found and attributed it to Scott.

“The Butler County Prison did provide video on that incident,” said Doctor. “While Mr. Scott is walking, the package drops out of his smock.”

Doctor said the package held 11.25 grams of suspected crack cocaine, which field-tested positive, and seven stamp bags of suspected heroin, which will be checked later at a lab.

Doctor said he also received a warrant to search Scott’s phone, confiscated during his arrest. He said he saw references and slang terms related to drugs and the dealing of them.

During cross-examination, defense attorney Armand Cingolani III asked Doctor if there was any evidence of back-and-forth transactions on the phone.

“There are several conversations where prices are mentioned, and he responds,” Doctor said.

Cingolani offered no argument before Fullerton made his decision. Scott on multiple occasions said he wanted a different attorney.

Scott’s co-defendant in the March 31 case retained a public defender, so no public defenders can represent Scott on that case or any other case until the first is resolved. Cingolani was assigned to Scott due to that conflict of interest.

Cingolani did not wish to comment following Monday’s hearing.

For Monday’s case, Scott is scheduled to appear next for formal arraignment June 28. He is also scheduled for formal arraignment June 7 for the case filed the day of his arrest.