Synthetic marijuana

Two Cranberry Township residents were sentenced in Butler County Court on Thursday for their roles in an alleged million-dollar synthetic marijuana drug enterprise.

Richard D. Sallade, 72, was sentenced to nine to 18 months in Butler County Prison, while his accomplice, Patricia A. Quinn, 69, was sentenced to 60 months probation with four months on house arrest with electronic monitoring by county Judge William Shaffer.

Sallade previously pleaded guilty on June 7 to felony corrupt organizations, dealing in proceeds of illegal activity and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance, while Quinn previously pleaded guilty on Aug. 7 to felony conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance.

The couple was accused of receiving large shipments of synthetic marijuana from out of state and arranging for it to be distributed to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio after the chemicals became controlled substances in Pennsylvania. Authorities allege that the two worked out of an empty storefront in Sallade's office building in Cranberry Township. Sallade owned and operated the Glass Gone Wow, formerly called Glass Gone Wild and Tobacco For Less, in the same building.

Following search warrants, a total of more than 360 pounds of synthetic marijuana, carrying an estimated street value of $1.6 million, was seized from a storage unit and from several packages intercepted at a UPS facility in Jackson Township, according to previous reports.

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.