A former Butler man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison on federal drug and weapons charges stemming from a Butler County drug investigation in 2016.

Brandon “Bopp” Morris, 35, of Wilmington, Del., pleaded guilty Feb. 26 to conspiracy to distribute/possess 28 grams of crack cocaine and heroin, possession with intent to distribute 28 grams of crack, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Prosecutors said that in June 2016, state police in Butler arranged for a confidential informant to buy crack cocaine and heroin from Mark A. Carter, 33, formerly of Butler.

In turn, authorities said, Carter had Morris meet the informant. Morris gave the informant three bricks of heroin and a half-ounce of crack in exchange for $2,000 in pre-recorded funds.

A brick is a bundle of up to 50 single-dose glassine bags of heroin.

The controlled drug buy led police to obtain a search warrant, which was executed at a home on East Brady Street in Butler where Morris and Carter were staying.

The search, prosecutors said, turned up a plastic bag containing 39.57 grams of raw heroin; a plastic bag with 119.36 grams of crack; individual packets of heroin; $7,612, including pre-recorded funds; a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition; and assorted drug paraphernalia.

Because of his criminal record, Morris is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Morris, the father of five children, to 70 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release.

Carter, who remains in federal prison, previously pleaded guilty to three drug charges in the investigation. He is awaiting sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

Court documents showed that a plea agreement between prosecutors and Carter's public defender calls for a sentence of nine years in prison followed by six years of supervised release.