CLEARFIELD – A former Luthersburg man recently convicted of involuntary manslaughter was in Clearfield County Court again Tuesday to be sentenced on two, unrelated drug cases.
Brian Lee Schaffer, 45, currently an inmate of state prison, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-methamphetamine in both cases. He was sentenced by President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman to one to three years in state prison.
This will run consecutive to his current sentence of four to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance that he received in May in connection with the death of his girlfriend on Jan. 2, 2015.
Schaffer told police they had been doing methamphetamine for three or four days prior to her shooting herself with his weapon, according to previous reports.
According to the affidavit of probable cause in the first drug case, on Feb. 26, 2015 police met with an informant who said they could assist with the purchase of methamphetamine from Schaffer.
The informant text-messaged the defendant to set up the sale, and they then drove to a grocery store parking lot in DuBois where they met Schaffer. The informant got out of the officer’s car and got into Schaffer’s vehicle. The informant was able to purchase 0.25 gram of methamphetamine for $50.
The criminal complaint in the second case states that on Feb. 27, 2015, an informant was able to purchase methamphetamine again from Schaffer in a convenience store parking lot. This time the purchase was for an “8ball” or 3.5 grams of methamphetamine for $625.
