CLEARFIELD – A St. Marys man was sentenced to state prison Tuesday for possessing various drugs when he encountered police on Feb. 22, 2023.
DuBois City police say Seth James Badeau, 27, and Christina Marie Borrero, 41, of DuBois, had methamphetamine, Fentanyl and marijuana.
During sentencing court on Tuesday, Badeau pleaded guilty to felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, as well as misdemeanor tampering with evidence, false identification to law enforcement, possession of drug paraphernalia and one summary offense.
Badeau was sentenced by Judge Paul E. Cherry to serve two to five years in state prison. This will run consecutive to his current state prison sentence. Online court records indicate he has prior drug charges in Elk County.
In a separate case, he pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia and was asked to pay fines and costs.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, police noticed Borrero going back and forth from a vehicle into a convenience store. The vehicle was suspicious because it appeared to have been there for a while and was in an area known for drug activity.
The officer followed the vehicle as he checked its registration, which had expired. One of the brake lights was not working, the windshield was cracked, a light on the bumper was missing and you couldn’t see through the tinted windows in the back, he wrote in this report.
A traffic stop was initiated. The driver didn’t have his license, registration or insurance card. Both the driver and the female passenger identified themselves using the wrong names.
After the description of one of these names did not match the driver, the driver was taken into custody for providing false names. At this point, he identified himself as Badeau.
After they found a crystal rock suspected to be methamphetamine on him, he was placed in the patrol vehicle.
The passenger, Borrero, eventually told the officers her correct name, which led to the officers discovering she had a warrant for her arrest through the Clearfield County Sheriff’s office.
A K-9 officer was brought to the location to check the vehicle. He alerted on the back passenger side, near the back door. The vehicle was towed and a search warrant was requested for it.
During the search, they found a black purse belonging to Borrero containing over 13 grams of methamphetamine and 0.16 grams of marijuana, according to the report.
The methamphetamine found on Badeau weighed 24.55 grams and a white powdery substance in a bag found in the back of the patrol vehicle where he had been placed, was over 12 grams of Fentanyl and Tramadol, police said.
Borrero is charged with felony manufacture/delivery/possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, as well as misdemeanor counts of intentional possession of a controlled substance, small amount of marijuana for personal use, possession of drug paraphernalia and false identification to law enforcement. Her case is still pending.
