Coke dealer sentenced to one day behind bars
MEDIA COURTHOUSE » A Philadelphia man who attempted to bribe a police officer after getting caught with two ounces of cocaine was sentenced Tuesday to time served after serving one day in prison.
Ryan Deloatche, 27, of 5800 block of Osage Avenue, entered negotiated guilty pleas before Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Cappelli to possession with intent to deliver, an ungraded felony, and bribery, a felony of the third degree.
Deloatche received a sentence of time served to 23 months with one year of consecutive probation for the possession charge and a second consecutive year of probation for the bribery charge under the negotiated plea worked out by Assistant District Attorney Matt DeNucci and defense counsel Evan Hughes. Court records indicate Deloatche was arrested Oct. 22, 2019 and was released the following day after posting 10 percent of $50,000 bail.
Upper Darby police officers Richard Howell and Louis P. Garay Jr. pulled Deloatche over about 1:37 p.m. Oct. 22 after his red Buick sedan fail to stop at a posted stop sign, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The officers noticed Deloatche was “shaking, moving around and reaching in various spots in and around the console,” the affidavit says.
After asking Deloatche to step out of the vehicle, the officers spotted a sandwich bag in the side door containing a “hard white substance,” according to the affidavit. The officers placed Deloatche into custody and continued searching the car, finding an additional 79 small Ziploc baggies filled with the same hard white substance.
Those substances later tested positive for cocaine, according to the affidavit. Also recovered from the sedan were three cell phones and $30 in cash.
While en route to police headquarters, Deloatche allegedly asked Garay, “How much to make this go away?”
Deloatche told Garay he would pay him $2,000 to let him go, according to the affidavit. When Garay refused, Deloatche allegedly upped the amount to $3,000.
As part of the plea, Deloatche was ordered to forfeit the $30 and cell phones, provide a DNA sample to state police and pay $176 in cost assessments and lab fees. Other charges including possession and possession of paraphernalia were dismissed.