Pittsburgh man pleads guilty in phony drugs case
A Pittsburgh man, charged alongside a Butler County woman with selling counterfeit drugs, pleaded guilty in the case Wednesday.
Tyrone M. Higgins, 35, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to commit possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance and misdemeanor false identification before President Judge Thomas Doerr.
The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 15 to 45 months in state prison, fines and court costs when he is sentenced on May 3.
He was charged alongside Kashmir M. Wissinger, 27, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in this case. She was then immediately sentenced to 15 to 45 months in a state correctional facility, as well as the payment of court costs.
Read more about this case in Thursday's Butler Eagle.
