A Pennsburg man was sentenced last week to state prison time after he admitted to selling heroin and marijuana in the Upper Perkiomen Valley. 

                Adam Bennett, 27, of the 500 block of Jackson Street, pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to two felony counts of drug possession with intent to distribute shortly after his jury trial began last week in Montgomery County Court. 

                He was sentenced by Judge Thomas P. Rogers to 21 months to 4 years in Graterford Prison on each of the two counts, to be served concurrently.  Bennett was given credit for time served of almost 15 months.  He was incarcerated in Montgomery County jail since his arrest in Oct. 2014 on $25,000 cash bail.

                He was also sentenced to probation and monthly supervision by the state following his release from prison, according to court personnel.  Bennett was transported to Graterford following his sentencing. 

                Bennett was arrested in 2014 after a raid on his home by Upper Perk Police and the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Municipal Drug Task Force.  According to court documents, police found 26 bags of heroin, marijuana and a substantial amount of drug packaging materials inside Bennett's bedroom.  Authorities also said they found multiple cell phones, a drug ledger, a handwritten note containing cryptic drug language, a digital scale and $1,440 in cash. 

                The handwritten note with drug language allegedly detailed the wording used by buyers and dealers like Bennett, stating, "1/2 a g(ram) ask to go on a walk; ask me to go on a car ride and say you have X $ for gas, X $ equals how much you want to spend." 

                Police said the bags of heroin were heat-sealed, a common practice used in the drug trade to help conceal the drugs' scent from authorities and canines.

                According to court records, Bennett was arrested seven times since 2005.  He reportedly spent time in Berks County jail in 2013 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence (second offense) and possession of drug paraphernalia.  He also pleaded guilty in 2005 in Montgomery County Court to burglary by force and conspiracy to commit burglary and was sentenced to 4 to 23 months in jail, followed by two years' probation.