A former Cranberry Township man will spend 2 to 6 years in state prison for leading police on a high-speed chase.

Court officials said 36-year-old Timothy Tubridy had been sentenced on an unrelated drugged driving police chase only seven days before the latest incident on July 29.

At that time, according to court records, Tubridy was a suspect in a rash of more than a dozen car break-ins in the Cranberry area.

Then, residents of Windsor Court called police when they saw Tubridy in the neighborhood, checking door handles of various vehicles. When police arrived, Tubridy fled in a white Chevrolet Impala. In a pursuit that went as fast as 80 mph, Cranberry police chased the Impala into Beaver County.

Tubridy’s car soon after was stopped by police in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County, where Tubridy was living.

Tubridy, according to court records, had the wallet and contents belonging to a resident of Windsor Court, who was unaware that his property was missing.

Police later said a search of Tubridy’s home turned up two handguns, electronics and personal effects that were allegedly stolen from unlocked vehicles. During the search, Tubridy reportedly attempted to escape police custody, but was recaptured after a short foot chase.

Tubridy pleaded guilty to fleeing or attempting to elude police officers and two counts each of theft and theft from a motor vehicle. He was sentenced Thursday by Butler County Judge Timothy McCune.

In addition to the prison time, Tubridy was ordered to serve a year’s probation and pay $500 in fines as well as restitution.

Tubridy’s attorney Richard Witchko, in court, said his client is a “different man today then he was last July” because Tubridy has been in prison since his arrest and unable to access drugs.

The attorney said he did not realize the ‘depth’ of Tubridy’s addiction to heroin and methadone when the defendant last appeared in sentence court: July 22.

At that time, Tubridy pleaded guilty to drugged driving and was sentenced to 6 months in the county’s intermediate punishment program, being paroled to supervision on 14 days of credit for prison time he had accumulated awaiting resolution of his case.

In that case, police chased Tubridy’s car after he crashed into another vehicle and drove away.

During that high-speed chase police said Tubridy drove erratically sometimes hitting the embankment or driving on two wheels. After a near head-on collision with another vehicle, Tubridy surrendered.