UPDATE: Henry Lewis King was sentenced to serve two-and-a-half to ten years in state prison for possession with intent to deliver heroin and six to 12 months for possession of heroin. The sentences will run concurrently.
WHAT WE FIRST REPORTED
In Indiana County Court today, a convicted drug dealer will be sentenced today for possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
A jury found 37-year-old Henry Lewis King of Turtle Creek, Allegheny County guilty in April and he and a co-defendant were scheduled to be sentenced on July 7th, but King’s sentencing was moved up to today.
King and 35-year-old Kareem Middlebrook of Arnold were arrested after a traffic stop last August at the Route 422/286 interchange in White Township. Police at the time said they found fourteen grams of heroin and a package of unused stamp bags in the car. Both King and Middlebrook were backseat passengers. Both are also already convicted drug dealers with long rap sheets in Indiana County and elsewhere, and that could play into their prison terms. They were each found guilty of having 5.9 grams of heroin.
Middlebrook is still scheduled to be sentenced on July 7th, but his attorney last month filed and was granted a motion for the transcripts of the case, indicating an appeal might be in the works.
