CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) — A Butler man caught in an undercover heroin sting is due in court next week.
Court documents indicate 64-year-old James Thomas Brown is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller at 11:00 a.m. on September 22, on the following charges:
– Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver, Felony
– Criminal Use Of Communication Facility, Felony 2
– Possession of Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor
He remains lodged in the Clarion County Jail on $25,000.00 monetary bail.
The charges stem from an undercover sting that took place in August.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint, on August 14, Clarion County Narcotics Enforcement (CNET) agents met with a confidential informant (C.I.) who advised he/she could assist in the purchase of heroin from James T. Brown.
The complaint states several consensual recorded phone calls were then made between the C.I. and Brown, and a meeting location in East Brady was agreed upon. It was agreed that Brown would sell the C.I. four bundles of heroin for $500.00.
CNET agents then traveled to the meeting location and set up surveillance.
According to the complaint, Brown arrived alone in a gray/silver Mitsubishi sedan, and CNET agents observed as the C.I. got into Brown’s vehicle. The C.I. then returned from the vehicle with a baggie containing rice and four bundles of purported heroin, banded with black rubber bands.
Brown was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller at 10:00 a.m. on September 4.