A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to more than four years in prison for gun charges and possessing synthetic marijuana while being held in Butler County Prison, according to a news release issued by U.S. Attorney Scott Brady.

Chance Rice, 26, reached a plea deal in February with federal prosecutors that combined three separate investigations.

Rice pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute. Rice was prohibited from carrying a gun as the result of a 2014 felony conviction.

In 2015, Rice was found in possession of a firearm used during a candlelight vigil shooting, though he was not the shooter. Later that same year, he convinced his girlfriend to buy a gun and then took it from her, according to the news release.

Brady said that while Rice was being held last summer in Butler County Prison, awaiting trial for the gun charges, prison officials searched his cell July 10, 2018, and discovered paper soaked in synthetic marijuana. Lab tests subsequently determined that the paper contained the substance “5 Flouro ADB,” the active ingredient of a type of synthetic marijuana, also known as K-2 or Spice.

The liquid form of cannabis, which apparently was used to soak the paper, can be swallowed to get high, investigators said. Synthetic pot can also cause hallucinations and lead to dizziness, nausea, agitation and heart problems.

Rice admitted to possessing the drug and providing it to other inmates in the jail.

He was sentenced to a total of four years and nine months in prison, followed by six years of supervised release.