Mars man, 23, pleads guilty to one felony drug charge
A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to selling marijuana and cocaine to a police informant in April.
Under a plea agreement reached between a lawyer representing Colton Edward McCaffrey, 24, of Mars and Assistant District Attorney Mark Lope, McCaffrey pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession with an intent to deliver. In return, prosecutors agreed to drop a number of other related charges.
He initially was arraigned on three felony charges each of delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and criminal use of a communication facility.
Additionally, he was arraigned on four misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was free on a $10,000 unsecured bail.
The Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics filed the case in the investigation, which used an informant to conduct three controlled drug buys with McCaffrey, according to charging documents.
“These were three separate incidents, so we felt he needed to have a felony for what he did,” said Assistant District Attorney Mark Lope. “This will keep him under our watch for a while.”
McCaffrey was accused of selling about four ounces of marijuana for $660 March 15 at his home, selling one-quarter ounce of cocaine for $500 March 27 at a housing development in Middlesex Township, and selling about two ounces of marijuana for $400 April 2 at his home.
Investigators subsequently obtained a search warrant for McCaffrey's home that was executed April 3.
Seized in the search, documents said, were cocaine and marijuana as well as THC wax and THC oil cartridges.
Also allegedly found were drug-packaging materials, a digital scale and other contraband. Documents noted that agents also turned up two handguns and a rifle, magazines and ammunition.
