Penalty pending in drugs, gun case

Troy Myers of Upper Salford pleaded guilty to charges

Admissions to peddling methamphetamine and weapons charges landed an Upper Salford man behind bars while he awaits his fate from a judge.

Troy Brendon Myers, 29, of the 2600 block of Cedar Hill Road, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to charges of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and possessing firearms with altered serial numbers in connection with incidents that occurred in July 2017 at his residence.

Judge Garrett D. Page deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a background investigative report about Myers, who will also undergo drug and alcohol evaluations. The judge remanded Myers to the county jail without bail to await his sentencing hearing.

Myers faces a possible maximum sentence of

15 to 30 years in prison on the charges. However, state sentencing guidelines could allow for a lesser sentence.

An investigation of Myers began in July 2017 when Upper Perk police officers and county detectives received information that Myers was selling methamphetamine from his residence and they launched a joint investigation.

“Further information was that he was commonly in possession of firearms, specifically handguns and rifles,” undercover detectives alleged in the criminal

complaint.

A methamphetamine customer of Myers worked with an undercover detective and on July 20, 2017, went to Myers’ residence to purchase methamphetamine, according to the criminal complaint.

“The individual and Troy Myers went into a shed on the property, which law enforcement identified as being the primary area on the property where Troy Myers conducted his unlawful methamphetamine distribution business,” detectives alleged in the arrest affidavit.

Detectives said the customer purchased methamphetamine from Myers during the meeting and

turned the drug over to authorities.

A similar controlled purchase was arranged for July 24 and a detective watched the customer go to the area of Myers’ shed, court documents indicate. Detectives then observed Myers emerge from a garage holding a SKS rifle, according to the criminal complaint.

“Troy Myers was holding the rifle in a way that made (the detective) fear for his life and the life of the other individual,” detectives wrote, adding other detectives were summoned to the area.

Myers became aware that law enforcement was on the property and he fled at that time into a wooded

area, prompting an extensive search for Myers.

Police subsequently searched the property and they seized the SKS rifle that was loaded with live ammunition, as well as methamphetamine, drug packaging materials and a digital scale, according to the criminal complaint.

Three handguns, “all of which had obliterated serial numbers and were loaded with live ammunition,” also were seized from the shed on Myers’ property, detectives alleged in court documents.

“The substance seized from the property field tested positive for methamphetamine,” detectives alleged.